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THE 

PASSION STORY 



AS RECORDED BY THE FOUR EVANGELISTS; 

TOGETHER WITH 

PSALMS AND PRAYERS 

SUITABLE FOR THE SERVICES OF HOLY WEEK 



n w-f BY 

Rev. S. E. OCHSENFORD, D.D. 



SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED 



PHILADELPHIA 

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Ube Xamb of (Boo 

wbfcb taftetb awas 
Cbe Sin ot tbe TKHorlD. — 

John 1 



PKEFACE. 



In connection with the publication of a second 
edition of this book, it is proper to state that it 
has been out of print for some time. Its recep- 
tion, as originally published, was so favorable 
and so many requests from clergymen and lay- 
men have come to the author for copies of the 
book, that it has been deemed proper to issue a 
new edition. But before placing the material 
into the hands of the printer, the book was thor- 
oughly revised and a chapter giving an account 
of the Ascension of Christ was added, in order 
to complete the Gospel record of the events subse- 
quent to the Resurrection and closely related to it. 
And in order, if possible, to adapt the book more 
fully to devotional uses, Psalms and Prayers have 
been added, suitable for the services of Holy 
Week and for private devotion. The hope is 
entertained that these will be found useful to 
those who may wish to use the book in connection 
with these services. 

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This little book aims at the presentation of a 
connected narrative of the interesting and im- 
portant events connected with the passion, death, 
resurrection and ascension of the Lord Jesus 
Christ, as recorded by the four Evangelists — 
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. It is a com- 
pilation of the record presented in the Gospels 
and is here presented in the words of Holy Scrip- 
ture. The best Harmonies of the Gospel have 
been consulted with great care and the order of 
events carefully collated, according to the days of 
the week, in order that the reader may be fur- 
nished with a connected and harmonious narra- 
tive of the momentous and significant events of 
the memorable week during which our blessed 
Lord suffered death for the sin of the world and 
worked out a perfect redemption for man. These 
events have been graphically recorded by the 
inspired writers of the Gospels, each in his own 
characteristic manner. The attempt is here made 
to blend the four narratives into one, so as to 
present a single and harmonious story of the 
Cross of Christ, 



PREFACE. 



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" In the Cross of Christ I glory, 

Towering o'er the wrecks of time; 
All the light of sacred story- 
Gathers round its head sublime." 

It is encouraging to know that there is a de- 
mand among Christian people for a narrative of 
this kind, as it is an indication that there are those 
who never tire of reading and studying, in detail, 
the events connected with the passion of our 
Lord. It shows, too, a proper appreciation of 
the blessed results of the work of redemption 
effected by the Lord, who^ as Luther so beauti- 
fully expresses it, " has redeemed me, a lost and 
condemned creature, secured and delivered me 
from all sins, from death, and from the power of 
the devil, not with silver and gold, but with his 
holy and precious blood, and with his innocent 
sufferings and death; in order that I might be 
his, live under him in his kingdom and serve him 
in everlasting righteousness, innocence, and bles- 
sedness ; even as he is risen from the dead, and 
lives and reigns to all eternity. This is most 
certainly true." 

The services of Holy Week should be made as 



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interesting and edifying as possible. In order to 
attain this desirable result the Story of the 
Passion of our Lord should be read as a whole, 
not merely in detached selections. While it may 
not be possible to read the entire history in con- 
nection with the daily services in the church — 
though I do not see any reason why this could not 
be done — it is possible and desirable that Chris- 
tians should read the record of events for each 
day as presented by the inspired Evangelists. In 
this little book the aim is to furnish the reader 
with a connected and chronologically arranged 
history of the events of each day, carefully drawn 
from the inspired record and arranged in a con- 
tinuous narrative. With this narrative before 
them, the worshipers in the sanctuary, during the 
services of Holy Week, cannot help but enter 
deeply and devoutly into the history, meaning and 
results of the sufferings of our Blessed Lord. 

May the perusal of these pages be both de- 
lightful and profitable to all into whose hands 
they may fall. And to the Father, Son and Holy 
Spirit be all the honor and praise, world without 
end. Amen. 

S. E. O. 

Allentown, Pa., Advent Season, 1907. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CHAPTEB PA&E 

I. THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM. . II 

H. THE CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE l8 

in. Christ's authority questioned and his 

REPLY 20 

IV. WOES PRONOUNCED ON THE PHARISEES . . 31 
V. DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE AND THE COM- 
ING OF THE SON OF MAN FORETOLD . . 38 
VI. PARABLES ILLUSTRATING THE LORD'S PRE- 
VIOUS TEACHINGS 44 

VII. THE DAY OF CONSPIRACY ......... 52 

VIII. THE PASSOVER AND THE LORD'S SUPPER . . 54 

IX. THE LORD'S DISCOURSE AND PRAYER .... 63 

X. THE CLOSING HOURS OF THIS EVENTFUL DAY 76 

XI. THE TRIAL OF CHRIST 86 

XII. THE CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST 96 

XIII. THE SEPULCHRE GUARDED I05 

XIV. THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST 106 

XV. EVENTS SUBSEQUENT TO THE RESURRECTION II5 

xvi. Christ's ascension into heaven 120 

APPENDIX 

PSALMS, HYMNS AND PRAYERS SUITABLE FOR 

THE SERVICES OF HOLY WEEK 125 

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CHAPTER I. 
palm SunDa^. 

THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM. 

Matt. 21 : i- 17; Mark 11: 1-11; Luke 19: 29-44; John 
12: 12-36. — Jesus leaves Bethany — Sends for the Colt — 
Triumphal Procession — Hosannas — Weeps over Jerusa- 
lem — Enters the City and Temple — Greeks wish to see 
Jesus — The Voice from Heaven — Jesus explains it — 
Jesus and Disciples return to Bethany. 

On the next day (Sunday, now Palm Sunday) 
much people that were come to the feast of the 
Passover, when they heard that Jesus was com- 
ing to Jerusalem, took branches of palm-trees, 
and went forth to meet him. 

And it came to pass when he drew nigh to 
Jerusalem and was come nigh to Bethphage and 
Bethany, at the mount called the Mount of 
Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying unto 
them, " Go into the village over against you, and 
straightway, as soon as ye enter into it, ye shall 
find an ass tied, and a colt with her, whereon yet 

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never man sat, loose them and bring them unto 
me. If any man say unto you, ' Why do ye 
this V say ye to him, ' The Lord hath need of 
them ;' and straightway he will send them hither." 

All this was done, that it might be fulfilled 
which was spoken by the prophet, saying, " Tell 
ye the daughter of Zion, behold thy King cometh 
unto thee, meek and sitting upon an ass, and a 
colt the foal of an ass." 

The disciples went their way, and found even 
as he had said unto them, namely, the colt tied by 
the door without in a place where two ways met, 
and they loosen him. As they were loosening 
the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, 
" Why loosen ye the colt ?" They said, " The 
Lord hath need of him," even as Jesus had com- 
manded. And they let him go. 

They brought the ass, and the colt to Jesus; 
and they cast their garments upon the colt, and 
they set Jesus thereon ; as it is written, " Fear not, 
daughter of Zion; behold, thy King cometh, sit- 
ting on an ass's colt." 

These things understood not his disciples at 
first; but when Jesus was glorified, then remem- 



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bered they that these things were written of him, 
and that they had done these things unto him. 

As he went, a very great multitude spread 
their garments in the way; others cut down 
branches from the trees and strewed them in the 
way. And when he was come nigh, even now at 
the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole 
multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and 
praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty 
works that they had seen, saying, " Blessed be the 
King that cometh in the name of the Lord ; peace 
in heaven, and glory in the highest/' 

The people, therefore, that were with him 
when he called Lazarus out of his grave and 
raised him from the dead, bare record. For this 
cause the people also met him, for they had 
heard that he had done this miracle. 

Some of the Pharisees from among the multi- 
tude said unto him, " Master, rebuke thy disci- 
ples." He answered and said unto them, " I tell 
you that, if these should hold their peace, the 
stones would immediately cry out." The multi- 
tude that went before and that followed, cried, 
saying, " Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed 



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is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; 
Hosanna in the highest. Blessed be the kingdom 
of our father David, that cometh in the name of 
the Lord; Hosanna in the highest." 

When he had come near, he beheld the city and 
wept over it, saying, "If thou hadst known, even 
thou, at least in this thy day, the things which 
belong unto thy peace ! but now they are hid from 
thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, 
that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, 
and compass thee round, and keep thee in on 
every side, and shall lay thee even with the 
ground, and thy children within thee. They 
shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; 
because thou knewest not the time of thy visita- 
tion." 

When he was come into Jerusalem, all the city 
was moved, saying, " Who is this ?" The multi- 
tude said, " This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth 
of Galilee." And Jesus entered into Jerusalem 
and into the temple. The Pharisees therefore 
said among themselves, " Perceive ye how ye 
prevail nothing? Behold the world is gone after 
him." And the blind and the lame came to him 



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in the temple; and he healed them. When the 
chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things 
that he did, and the children crying in the temple 
and saying, " Hosanna to the Son of David," 
they were sore displeased and said unto him, 
" Hearest thou what these say?" Jesus saith 
unto them, " Yea, have ye never read, ' Out of 
the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast per- 
fected praise ?' " 

When he had looked round about upon all 
things, and now the eventide was come, he left 
them and went out. There were certain Greeks 
among them that came up to worship at the 
feast; the same came therefore to Philip, which 
was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, 
saying, " Sir, we would see Jesus." Philip 
cometh and telleth Andrew; and again Andrew 
and Philip tell Jesus. Jesus answered them, 
saying, " The hour is come, that the Son of man 
should be glorified. Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, except a corn of wheat fall into the ground 
and die, it abideth alone; but if it die, it bringeth 
forth much fruit. He that loveth his life shall 
lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world 



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shall keep it unto life eternal. If any man serve 
me, let him follow me; and where I am, there 
shall also my servant be; if any man serve me, 
him will my Father honor. Now is my soul 
troubled ; and what shall I say ? Father, save me 
from this hour ? But for this cause came I unto 
this hour. Father, glorify thy name." Then 
came there a voice from heaven, saying, " I have 
both glorified it, and will glorify it again." The 
people therefore that stood by and heard it, said 
that it thundered ; others said, " An angel spoke 
to him." Jesus said, " This voice came not be- 
cause of me, but for your sakes. Now is the 
judgment of this world; now shall the prince of 
this world be cast out. And I, if I be lifted up 
from the earth, will draw all men unto me." 
This he said, signifying what death he should 
die. The people answered him, " We have heard 
out of the Law that Christ abideth forever; and 
how sayest thou, ' The Son of man must be 
lifted up?' Who is this Son of man?" Then 
Jesus said unto them, " Yet a little while is the 
light with you. Walk while ye have the light, 
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in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. While 
ye have the light, believe in the light, that ye may 
be the children of light." 

These things spoke Jesus and departed, and 
hid himself from them, and went out of the 
city unto Bethany with the twelve; and he 
lodged there, 



CHAPTER II. 

THE CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE. 

Matt. 2i: 18-22; Mark 11: 12-19; Luke 19: 45-48.— 
Jesus Returns to Jerusalem — The Barren Fig-tree — 
Jesus Cleanses the Temple — Returns to Bethany. 

On the morrow, in the morning (of Monday), 
when they were come from Bethany, as he re- 
turned into the city, he was hungry. And when 
he saw a fig tree in the way, afar off, having 
leaves, he came, if haply he might find anything 
thereon; and when he came to it, he found 
nothing but leaves, for the time of figs was not 
yet. Jesus said unto it, " No man eat fruit of 
thee hereafter forever." And his disciples heard 
it. And presently the fig tree withered away. 

They came to Jerusalem, and Jesus went into 
the Temple of God, and began to cast out them 
that sold therein, and them that bought in the 
temple, and overthrew the tables of the money 
changers and the seats of them that sold doves; 
and would not suffer that any man should carry 
any vessel through the temple. And he taught, 
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saying unto them, " Is it not written, ' My house 
shall be called of all nations the house of prayer?' 
but ye have made it a den of thieves." And the 
scribes and chief priests heard it. 

He taught daily in the temple. But the chief 
priests and the scribes and the chief of the people 
sought how they might destroy him, and could 
not find what they might do ; for they feared him, 
because the people were very attentive to hear 
him, and were astonished at his doctrine. 

When even was come, he went out of the city. 



CHAPTER III. 

Christ's authority questioned and his reply. 

Matt. 21: 23 — 22: 40; Mark 11: 20 — 12: 37; Luke 20: 
1-44. — Jesus returns to Jerusalem — The Fig-tree again 
— Christ's Authority Questioned — His Answer — Par- 
ables of the Father and his two Sons— Vineyard let out 
to Husbandmen — Marriage Supper — Question concerning 
Tribute — The Question of the Resurrection — The Great 
Commandment — What think ye of Christ? 

In the morning, as they passed by (on their 
way from Bethany to Jerusalem), they saw the 
fig tree had dried up from the roots. Peter 
calling to remembrance, saith unto him, " Master, 
behold the fig tree which thou cursedst is with- 
ered away." Jesus answering said unto them, 
" Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, 
whosoever shall say unto this mountain, 6 Be thou 
removed, and be thou cast into the sea/ and 
shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that 
those things which he saith shall come to pass; 
he shall have whatsoever he saith. Therefore I 
say unto you, what things soever ye desire, when 
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ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall 
have them. And when ye stand praying, forgive 
if ye have aught against any, that your Father 
which is in heaven may forgive you your tres- 
passes. But if ye do not forgive, neither will 
your Father which is in heaven forgive your 
trespasses." 

And they came again to Jerusalem. It came to 
pass, that as he was walking in the temple, and 
taught the people and preached the Gospel, the 
chief priests, the scribes and the elders of the 
people came to him as he was teaching, and said 
unto him, " Tell us, by what authority doest thou 
these things? or, who is he that gave thee this 
authority?" Jesus answered and said unto them, 
" I will also ask you one question, which if ye tell 
me, I in like manner will tell you by what author- 
ity I do these things. The baptism of John, 
whence was it? from heaven, or of men? answer 
me." They reasoned with themselves, saying, 
" If we shall say ' From heaven/ he will say, 
' Why then did ye not believe him?' But if we 
shall say, ' Of men/ all the people will stone us." 
For all men counted John, that he was a prophet 



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indeed. They answered and said unto Jesus, 
" We cannot tell whence it was." Jesus answer- 
ing said unto them, " Neither do I tell you by 
what authority I do these things." 

" But what think ye, a certain man had two 
sons ; and he came to the first, and said, ' Son, go 
work to-day in my vineyard." He answered and 
said, ' I will not;' but afterward he repented, and 
went. He came to the second, and said likewise. 
He answered and said, ' I go, sir and went not. 
Whether of them twain did the will of his 
father ? " They say unto him, " The first." 
Jesus saith unto them, " Verily, I say unto you, 
the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom 
of God before you. For John came unto you in 
the way of righteousness, and ye believed him 
not; but the publicans and the harlots believed 
him; and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not 
afterward, that ye might believe him." 

" Hear another parable : There was a certain 
householder, which planted a vineyard, and 
hedged it round about, and digged a wine-press 
in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husband- 
men, and went into a far country for a long time. 



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At the season, when the time of the fruit drew 
near, he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that 
he might receive from the husbandmen of the 
fruit of the vineyard. But the husbandmen caught 
him and beat him and sent him away empty. 
Again he sent unto them another servant ; and at 
him they cast stones and wounded him in the 
head and treated him shamefully and sent him 
away empty. Again he sent a third, and him 
they killed and cast him out; and many others, 
beating some and killing some. Having yet 
therefore one son, his well-beloved, the lord of 
the vineyard said, ' What shall I do ? I will send 
my well-beloved son/ He sent him also last unto 
them, saying, ' It may be they will reverence my 
son, w T hen they see him/ But when the husband- 
men saw him, they reasoned among themselves, 
saying, 1 This is the heir ; come let us kill him and 
let us seize on his inheritance, that the inheri- 
tance may be ours.' So they took and killed him, 
and cast him out of the vineyard. When the lord, 
therefore, of the vineyard cometh, what will he 
do unto those husbandmen ?" They say unto 
him, " He will miserably destroy those wicked 



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men, and will let out his vineyard unto other 
husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in 
their season/' When they heard it they said, 
" God forbid." He beheld them and said, " Did 
ye never read in the Scriptures, ' The stone which 
the builders rejected, the same is become the 
head of the corner? This is the Lord's doing, 
and it is marvellous in our eyes.' Therefore I 
say unto you, the kingdom of God shall be taken 
from you and be given to a nation bringing forth 
the fruits thereof. Whosoever shall fall on this 
stone shall be broken ; but on whomsoever it shall 
fall, it will grind him to powder." 

When the chief priests and Pharisees had heard 
his parables, they perceived that he spoke of 
them. But when they sought the same hour to 
lay hands on him, they feared the people, be- 
cause they took him for a prophet ; for they knew 
that he had spoken the parable against them. 
And they left him and went their way. 

Jesus spake unto them again by parables, and 
said, " The kingdom of heaven is like unto a cer- 
tain king, which made a marriage for his son, 
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bidden to the wedding ; and they would not come. 
Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, ' Tell 
them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared 
my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings are killed, 
and all things are ready: come unto the mar- 
riage.' But they made light of it, and went their 
ways, one to his farm, another to his merchan- 
dise; and the remnant took his servants, and 
entreated them spitefully, and slew them. But 
when the king heard thereof, he was wroth; and 
he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those 
murderers, and burned up their city. Then saith 
he to his servants, ' The wedding is ready, but 
they which were bidden were not worthy. Go ye 
therefore into the high-ways, and as many as ye 
shall find, bid to the marriage/ So those ser- 
vants went out into the highways, and gathered 
together all as many as they foand, both bad and 
good; and the wedding was furnished with 
guests. When the king came in to see the guests, 
he saw there a man which had not on a wedding 
garment ; and he saith unto him, ' Friend, how 
earnest thou in hither not having on a wedding 
garment? And he was speechless. Then saith 



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the king to the servants, ' Bind him hand and 
foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer 
darkness ; there shall be weeping and gnashing of 
teeth.' For many are called, but few are chosen." 

Then went the Pharisees and took counsel how 
they might entangle him in his talk. They 
watched him, and sent forth spies, certain of the 
Pharisees and of the Herodians, which should 
feign themselves just men, that they might take 
hold of his words, so that they might deliver him 
unto the power and authority of the governor. 
When they were come, they say unto him, " Mas- 
ter, we know that thou art true, and teachest the 
way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any 
man; for thou regardest not the person of men. 
Tell us, therefore, what thinkest thou, is it lawful 
to give tribute to Caesar, or not? Shall we give, 
or shall we not give?" But Jesus perceived 
their wickedness and said, " Why tempt ye me, ye 
hypocrites? Show me the tribute money; bring 
me a penny, that I may see it." They brought 
unto him a penny. Pie saith unto them, 
" Whose is this image and superscription ?" They 
say " Caesar's." Then saith he, " Render there- 



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fore unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and 
unto God the things which are God's." They 
could not take hold of his words before the 
people. When they had heard these words, they 
marvelled at his answer, and held their peace, 
and left him, and went their way. 

The same day came to him certain of the Sad- 
ducees, which deny that there is any resurrection, 
and they asked him, saying, " Master, Moses 
wrote to us, 'If any man's brother die and leave 
his wife behind, and leave no children, that his 
brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed 
unto his brother.' Now there were with us seven 
brethren; and the first, when he had married a 
wife, died, and, having no issue, left his wife unto 
his brother. The second took her to wife and he 
died childless. And the third took her, and in 
like manner the seven also, and they left no 
children and died. Last of all the woman died 
also. Therefore in the resurrection, when they 
shall rise, whose wife shall she be of the seven? 
for they all had her." 

Jesus answering said unto them, " Do ye not 
therefore err, because ye know not the Scriptures, 



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neither the power of God? The children of this 
world marry and are given in marriage ; but they 
which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that 
world and the resurrection from the dead, when 
they shall rise from the dead, neither marry nor 
are given in marriage, neither can they die any 
more; for they are equal unto the angels of God 
in heaven, and are the children of God, being the 
children of the resurrection. And as touching 
the dead that they rise, have ye not read in the 
book of Moses (Exodus), how in the bush God 
spake unto him, saying, ' 1 am the God of Abra- 
ham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of 
Jacob?' He is not the God of the dead, but the 
God of the living, for all live unto him. Ye 
therefore do greatly err." When the multitude 
heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine. 
Then certain of the scribes answering, said, 
" Master, thou hast well said." After that they 
durst not ask him anything. 

But when the Pharisees heard, that he had put 
the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered to- 
gether. Then one of them, and one of the 
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heard them reasoning together, and perceiving 
that he had answered them well, asked him a 
question, tempting him, and saying, " Master, 
which is the great commandment in the Law ? 
and which is the first commandment of all?" 
Jesus answered, " The first of all commandments 
is, 1 Hear, O Israel ; the Lord our God is one 
Lord y and, ' Thou shalt love the Lord thy God 
with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and 
with all thy mind, and with all thy strength.' 
This is the first and great command- 
ment. The second is like unto it, ' Thou 
shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.' On these 
two commandments hang all the Law and the 
prophets. There is none other commandment 
greater than these." The scribe said unto him, 
" Well, Master, thou hast said the truth ; for 
there is none other but he ; and to love him with 
all the heart, and with all the understanding, and 
with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to 
love his neighbor as himself, is more than whole 
burnt offerings and sacrifices." When Jesus saw 
that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, 
" Thou art not far from the kingdom of God." 



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While the Pharisees were gathered together, 
Jesus asked them, saying, " What think ye of 
Christ? Whose son is he?" They say unto him, 
" The son of David." He saith unto them, " How 
then doth David in spirit call him Lord? For 
David himself saith by the Holy Ghost, in the 
Book of Psalms, ' The Lord said to my Lord, Sit 
thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies 
thy foot-stool/ David therefore himself calleth 
him Lord, how is he then his son ?" No man was 
able to answer him a word. And the common 
people heard him gladly. Neither durst any man 
from that day forth ask him any more questions. 



CHAPTER IV. 
{Tuesday (Continues)* 

WOES PRONOUNCED ON THE PHARISEES. 

Matt. 23: 1-39; Mark 12: 38-44; Luke 20: 45 — 21: 4; 
John 12: 37-50. — Warnings — The Widow's Mite — Infi- 
delity of the Jews — Woes Pronounced on the Pharisees. 

Then in the audience of all the people he said 
unto his disciples, " Beware of the scribes, which 
love to go in long robes, and love salutations in 
the market places, and the chief seats in the 
synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts ; 
which devour widows' houses and for a pretence 
make long prayers. These shall receive greater 
damnation.'' 

Jesus sat ever against the treasury, and looked 
up and saw the people casting their money into 
the treasury. Many that were rich cast in much. 
And there came a certain poor widow, and she 
threw in two mites, which make a farthing. He 
called unto him his disciples and saith unto them, 
" Verily I say unto you, that this poor widow 
hath cast more in than all they which have cast 

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into the treasury; for all they did cast in of their 
abundance, but she of her want did cast in all 
that she had, even all her living." 

But though he had done so many miracles be- 
fore them, yet they believed not on him ; that the 
saying of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, 
which he spake, " Lord, who hath believed our 
report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord 
been revealed?'' Therefore they could not be- 
lieve, because that Isaiah said again, " He hath 
blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart ; that 
they should not see with their eyes, nor under- 
stand with their heart, and be converted, and I 
should heal them." These things said Isaiah, 
when he saw his glory, and spake of him. 
Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many 
believed on him; but because of the Pharisees 
they did not confess him, lest they should be put 
out of the synagogue; for they loved the praise 
of men more than the praise of God. 

Jesus cried and said, " He that believeth on me, 
believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. 
And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. I 
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believeth on me should not abide in darkness. If 
any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge 
him not; for I came not to judge the world, but 
to save the world. He that rejecteth me, and re- 
ceiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him ; 
the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge 
him in the last day. For I have not spoken of 
myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave 
me a commandment, what I should say, and what 
I should speak. I know that this commandment 
is life everlasting; whatsoever I speak therefore, 
even as the Father said unto me, so I speak." 

Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his 
disciples, saying, " The scribes and Pharisees sit 
in Moses' seat; all therefore whatsoever they bid 
you observe, that observe and do ; but do not ye 
after their works, for they say and do not. For 
they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be 
borne, and lay them on men's shoulders ; but they 
themselves will not touch them with one of their 
fingers. But all their works they do to be seen 
of men; they make broad their phylacteries, and 
enlarge the borders of their garments, and love 
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seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the 
markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. 
But be not ye called Rabbi ; for one is your Mas- 
ter, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. Call 
no man your father upon the earth; for one is 
your Father, which is in heaven. Neither be ye 
called master; for one is your Master, even 
Christ. But he that is greatest among you shall 
be your servant. Whosoever shall exalt himself 
shall be abased ; and he that shall humble himself 
shall be exalted. 

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypo- 
crites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven 
against men; for ye neither go in yourselves, 
neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. 
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! 
for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence 
make long prayers ; therefore ye shall receive the 
greater damnation. Woe unto you, scribes and 
Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and 
land to make one proselyte ; and when he is made, 
ye make him twofold more the child of hell than 
yourselves. Woe unto you, ye blind guides, 
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it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the 
gold of the temple, he is a debtor !' Ye fools and 
blind; for whether is greater, the gold, or the 
temple that sanctifieth the gold ? And, ' Whoso- 
ever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but 
whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he 
is guilty/ Ye fools and blind; for whether is 
greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the 
gift? Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, 
sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. Whoso 
shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by 
him that dwelleth therein. And he that shall 
swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, 
and by him that sitteth thereon. Woe unto you, 
scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay 
tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have 
omitted the weightier matters of the law, judg- 
ment, mercy and faith; these ye ought to have 
done, and not to leave the other undone. Ye 
blind guides, which strain at (lit: out) a gnat, 
and swallow a camel. Woe unto you, scribes and 
Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye make clean the out- 
side of the cup and of the platter, but within they 
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Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the 
cup and platter, that the outside of them may be 
clean also. Woe unto you, scribes and Phari- 
sees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited 
sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful out- 
ward, but are within full of dead men's bones, 
and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also out- 
wardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye 
are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. Woe unto 
you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! because ye 
build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the 
sepulchres of the righteous, and say, ' If we had 
been in the days of our fathers, we would not 
have been partakers with them in the blood of the 
prophets/ Wherefore ye be witnesses unto your- 
selves, that ye are the children of them which 
killed the prophets. Fill ye up then the measure 
of ydur fathers. Ye serpents, ye generation of 
vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? 

" Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, 
and wise men, and scribes ; and some of them ye 
shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye 
scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them 
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righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the 
blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacha- 
rias, son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the 
temple and the altar. Verily I say unto you, all 
these things shall come upon this generation. O 
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the 
prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto 
thee, how often would I have gathered thy child- 
ren together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens 
under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, 
your house is left unto you desolate. For I say 
unto you, ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye 
shall say, 1 Blessed is he that cometh in the name 
of the Lord/ " 



CHAPTER V. 
{Tues&ag (Continues)* 

DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE AND THE COMING 
OF THE SON OF MAN FORETOLD. 

Matt. 24: 1-32; Mark 13: 1-27; Luke 21: 5-27. — De- 
struction of the Temple — The Sign of Desolation — 
Warnings — " When shall these Things be?" 

Jesus went out and departed from the temple, 
and as he went out, his disciples came to him to 
show him the buildings of the temple. As some 
spoke of the temple, how it was adorned with 
goodly stones and gifts, one of his disciples saith 
unto him, " Master, see what manner of stones 
and what buildings are here." Jesus answering 
said, " Seest thou these great buildings ? As for 
these things which ye behold, the days will come 
in which, verily I say unto you, there shall not be 
left one stone upon another that shall not be 
thrown down." 

As he sat on the Mount of Olives over against 
the temple, Peter and James and John and 
Andrew asked him privately, saying, " Master, 
tell us, when shall these things be? What shall 
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be the sign, when all these things shall be ful- 
filled ? And what shall be the sign of thy coming 
and of the end of the world?" Jesus answered 
and said, " Take heed that no man deceive you. 
For many shall come in my name, saying, ' I am 
Christ;' and the time draweth near, and they 
shall deceive many. Go ye not therefore after 
them. But when ye shall hear of wars and 
rumors of wars, see that ye be not troubled ; for 
all these things must first come to pass, but the 
end is not yet." 

Then saith he unto them, " Nation shall rise 
against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, 
and there shall be famines and pestilences and 
earthquakes in divers places; and fearful sights 
and great signs shall there be from heaven. All 
these are the beginning of sorrows. But take 
heed to yourselves; before all these, they shall 
lay their hands on you and persecute you, for 
they shall deliver you up to councils ; and in the 
synagogues ye shall be beaten; and ye shall be 
brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for 
a testimony against them, and ye shall be hated 
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must first be published among all nations. But 
when they shall lead you and deliver you up, take 
no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, 
neither do ye premeditate; but whatsoever shall 
be given you in that hour, that speak ye, for it is 
not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost. For I 
will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your 
adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. 
Then shall many be offended and shall betray one 
another, and shall hate one another. Ye shall be 
betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kins- 
folk, and friends. The brother shall betray the 
brother to death, and the father the son, and 
children shall rise up against their parents, and 
shall cause them to be put to death; and some of 
you shall they cause to be put to death. Ye shall 
be hated of all men for my name's sake. But there 
shall not a hair of your head perish. In your 
patience possess ye your souls. Many false 
prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And 
because iniquity shall abound, the love of many 
shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the 
end, the same shall be saved. This Gospel of the 
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witness unto all nations; and then shall the end 
come. 

"When ye therefore shall see the abomination 
of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, 
stand in the holy place; and when ye shall see 
Jerusalem compassed with armies (whoso read- 
eth, let him understand), then know that the 
desolation thereof is nigh. Then let them which 
are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let them 
which are in the midst of it depart out, and let not 
them that are in the countries enter thereinto, and 
let him that is on the house-top not go down into 
the house, neither enter to take anything out of 
his house, and let him that is in the field not turn 
back again to take up his garment. For these be 
the days of vengeance, that all things which are 
written may be fulfilled. But woe unto them that 
are with child and that give suck in those days. 
But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, 
neither on the Sabbath day; for then shall be 
great tribulation, such as was not since the begin- 
ning of the world, which God created, unto this 
time, neither shall be. And except the Lord had 
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but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he 
hath shortened those days. For there shall be 
great distress in the land, and wrath upon this 
people. They shall fall by the edge of the sword, 
and shall be led away captive into all nations, and 
Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, 
until the time of the Gentiles be fulfilled. 

" Then, if any man shall say to you, ' Lo, here 
is Christ / or, 6 Lo, he is there/ believe him not ; 
for false Christs and false prophets shall arise 
and shall show signs and wonders, to seduce, if it 
were possible, even the elect. But take ye heed ; 
behold, I have told you all things. Wherefore, if 
they shall say unto you, ' Behold, he is in the de- 
sert/ go not forth ; ' Behold, he is in the secret 
chambers/ believe it not. For as the lightning 
cometh out of the east and shineth even unto the 
west, so shall also the coming of the Son of man 
be. For wheresoever the carcass is, there will 
the eagles be gathered together. Immediately 
after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be 
darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, 
and the stars shall fall from heaven; and upon 
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sea and the waves roaring, men's hearts failing 
them for fear, and for looking after those things 
which are coming on the earth, for the powers 
of heaven shall be shaken. Then shall appear the 
sign of the Son of man in heaven ; and then shall 
all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall 
see the Son of man coming in the clouds of 
heaven, with power and great glory. He shall 
send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, 
and they shall gather together his elect from the 
four winds, from the uttermost parts of the earth 
to the uttermost part of heaven. When these 
things begin to come to pass, then look up and lift 
up your heads; for your redemption draweth 
nigh." 



CHAPTER VI. 
tlueefcaE (GonclufceD). 

PARABLES ILLUSTRATING THE LORD'S PREVIOUS 
TEACHINGS. 

Matt. 24: 32—25: 46; Mark 13: 28—14: 11; Luke 21: 
29 — 22: 6-38. — The Fig-tree — The Wise Servant — The 
Ten Virgins — The Talents — The Judgment of the 
Nations, 

He spake a parable to them, " Now learn a 
parable of the fig tree. When his branch is yet 
tender and putteth forth leaves, ye say and know 
of your own selves that summer is now nigh at 
hand. So likewise ye, when ye see these things 
come to pass, know that the kingdom of God is 
nigh at hand, even at the doors. Verily, I say 
unto you, this generation shall not pass away, till 
all these things shall be fulfilled. Heaven and 
earth shall pass away, but my words shall not 
pass away. Take heed to yourselves, lest at any 
time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, 
and drunkenness, and the cares of this life, and so 
that day come upon you unawares. For as a 
snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the 
face of the whole earth. Watch ye, therefore, 
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and pray always, that ye may be accounted 
worthy to escape all these things that shall come 
to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. But 
of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, 
not the angels which are in heaven, neither the 
Son, but my Father only. Take heed, watch and 
pray ; for ye know not when the time is. But as 
the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming 
of the Son of man be. For as in the days that 
were before the flood, they were eating and 
drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until 
the day that Noah entered into the ark, and knew 
not until the flood came, and took them all away ; 
so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 
Then shall two be in the field, the one shall be 
taken, and the other left. Two women shall be 
grinding at the mill, the one shall be taken, and 
the other left. Watch, therefore, for ye know 
not what hour your Lord doth come. For the 
Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who 
left his house, and gave authority to his servants, 
and to every man his work, and commanded the 
porter to watch. Watch ye, therefore; for ye 
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at even, or at midnight, or at the cock-crowing, or 
in the morning ; lest coming suddenly, he find you 
sleeping. But know this, that if the good man of 
the house had known in what watch the thief 
would come, he would have watched, and would 
not have suffered his house to be broken up. 
Therefore be ye also ready; for in such an hour 
as ye think not the Son of man cometh. What I 
say unto you, I say unto all, watch ! 

" Who, then, is a faithful and wise servant, 
whom his lord hath made ruler over his house- 
hold, to give them meat in due season? Blessed 
is that servant, whom his lord, when he cometh, 
shall find so doing. Verily, I say unto you, that 
he shall make him ruler over all his goods. But, 
if that evil servant shall say in his heart, ' My 
lord delayeth his coming;' and shall begin to 
smite his fellow-servants, and to eat and drink 
with the drunken ; the lord of that servant shall 
come in a day when he looketh not for him, and 
in an hour that he is not aware of, and shall cut 
him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the 
hypocrites, there shall be weeping and gnashing 
of teeth. 



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" Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened 
unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and 
went forth to meet the bridegroom. Five of them 
were wise, and five were foolish. They that 
were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil 
with them ; but the wise took oil in their vessels 
with their lamps. While the bridegroom tarried, 
they all slumbered and slept. At midnight there 
was a cry made, ' Behold, the bridegroom 
cometh ; go ye out to meet him/ Then all those 
virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. The 
foolish said unto the wise, ' Give us of your oil; 
for our lamps are gone out/ But the wise an- 
swered, saying, - Not so ; lest there be not enough 
for us and you; but go ye rather to them that 
sell, and buy for yourselves/ While they went to 
buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were 
ready went in with him to the marriage ,* and the 
door was shut. Afterward came also the other 
virgins, saying, ' Lord, Lord, open to us/ But 
he answered, * Verily, I say unto you, I know 
you not/ Watch therefore; for ye know neither 
the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man 
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" For the kingdom of heaven is as a man tra- 
velling into a far country, who called his own 
servants, and delivered unto them his goods. 
Unto one he gave five talents, to another two, 
and to another one; to every man according to 
his ability; and straightway took his journey. 
Then he that had received the five talents went 
and traded with the same, and made other five 
talents. Likewise he that had received two, he 
also gained other two. But he that had received 
one went and digged in the earth, and hid his 
lord's money. After a long time the lord of 
those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. 
He that had received five talents came and 
brought other five talents, saying, ' Lord, thou 
deliveredst unto me five talents; behold, I have 
gained beside them five talents more/ His lord 
said unto him, ' W ell done, thou good and faith- 
ful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few 
things, I will make thee ruler over many things ; 
enter thou into the joy of thy lord/ He also that 
had received two talents came and said, ' Lord, 
thou deliveredst unto me two talents; behold, I 
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lord said unto him, ' Well done, good and faith- 
ful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few 
things, I will make thee ruler over many things ; 
enter thou into the joy of thy lord/ Then he 
which had received the one talent came and said, 
' Lord, I knew thee, that thou art a hard man, 
reaping where thou hast not sown ; and gathering 
where thou hast not strewed; and I was afraid, 
and went and hid thy talent in the earth; lo, 
there thou hast that is thine/ His lord said unto 
him, ' Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou 
knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and 
gather where I have not strewed; thou oughtest 
therefore to have put my money to the exchang- 
ers, and then at my coming I should have re- 
ceived mine own with usury. Take therefore 
the talent from him, and give it unto him which 
hath ten talents. For unto every one that hath 
shall be given, and he shall have abundance ; but 
from him that hath not shall be taken away even 
that which he hath. And cast ye the unprofitable 
servant into outer darkness; there shall be 
weeping and gnashing of teeth/ 

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and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit 
upon the throne of his glory; and before him 
shall be gathered all nations, and he shall sepa- 
rate them one from another, as a shepherd 
divideth his sheep from the goats; and he shall 
set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on 
the left. Then shall the King say unto them on 
his right hand, ' Come, ye blessed of my Father, 
inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the 
foundation of the world; for I was an hungered, 
and ye gave me meat ; I was thirsty, and ye gave 
me drink ; I was a stranger, and ye took me in ; 
naked, and )^e clothed me; I was sick, and ye 
visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto 
me/ Then shall the righteous answer him, say- 
ing, * Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and 
fed thee ? or thirsty, and gave thee drink ? When 
saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or 
naked, and clothed thee ? Or, when saw we thee 
sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?' The 
King shall say unto them, ' Verily, I say unto 
you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the 
least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto 
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left hand, ' Depart from me, ye cursed, into ever- 
lasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels; 
for I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat ; 
I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink ; I was a 
stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye 
clothed me not ; sick and in prison, and ye visited 
me not/ Then shall they also answer him, say- 
ing, ' Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, or 
athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in 
prison, and did not minister unto thee?' Then 
shall he answer them, saying, 1 Verily, I say unto 
you, inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least 
of these, ye did it not to me/ These shall go 
away into everlasting punishment ; but the right- 
eous into life eternal/' 

It came to pass, when Jesus had finished all 
these sayings, he said unto his disciples, " Ye 
know that after two days (that is, on the third 
day from this day) is the feast of Passover, and 
of unleavened bread, and the Son of man is be- 
trayed to be crucified/ , 



CHAPTER VII. 

THE DAY OF CONSPIRACY. 

Matt. 26: 3-5, 14-16; Mark 14: 2-10, 11; Luke 22: 
2-6. — Conspiracy of the Rulers — The Covenant of Judas 
— Jesus Leaves Jerusalem. 

Then assembled together the chief priests and 
the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the 
palace of the high priest, who was called 
Caiaphas, and consulted that they might take 
Jesus by subtilty, and kill him. But they said, 
" Not on the feast-day, lest there be an uproar 
among the people. " For they feared the people. 

Then entered Satan into Judas, surnamed 
Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve, and 
he went his way, and communed with the chief 
priests and captains, how he might betray him 
unto them. He said unto them, " What will ye 
give me ? and I will deliver him unto you." When 
they heard it, they were glad, and promised to 
give him money. And they covenanted with him 
for thirty pieces of silver (the price of a slave). 
From that time, he sought opportunity how he 
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might conveniently betray him unto them in the 
absence of the multitude. 

In the day-time Jesus was teaching in the tem- 
ple, and at night he went out and abode in the 
mount, that is called the Mount of Olives. All 
the people came early in the morning to him in 
the temple, to hear him. 



CHAPTER VIII. 

THE PASSOVER AND THE LORD'S SUPPER. 

Matt. 26: 17-29; Mark 14: 12-25; Luke 22: 7-38; 
John 13: 17-38. — The Passover — Washing the Disciples' 
Feet — The Lord's Supper Instituted — The Betrayer's 
Departure — Peter Warned — Disciples Reproved — Peter 
Encouraged. 

Now on the first day of the feast of unleavened 
bread, when the passover (paschal lamb) must be 
killed, Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, " Go 
and prepare us the passover, that we may eat." 
They said unto him, " Where wilt thou that we go 
and prepare ?" He said, " Go ye into the city, 
and behold, when ye are entered into the city, 
there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of 
water; follow him into the house where he en- 
tereth in. Wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to 
the good man of the house, ' The Master saith, 
My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at 
thy house with my disciples. Where is the guest- 
chamber, where I shall eat the passover with my 
disciples?' He will show you a large upper 
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room furnished and prepared; there make ready 
for us." His disciples went forth, and came into 
the city, and found as he had said unto them. 
And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed 
them, and made ready the passover. 

In the evening when the hour was come, he sat 
down and the twelve apostles with him. And he 
said unto them, " With desire I have desired to 
eat this passover with you before I suffer; for I 
say unto you I will not any more eat thereof, until 
it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God." He took 
the cup, and gave thanks, and said, " Take this, 
and divide it among yourselves; for I say unto 
you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until 
the kingdom of God shall come." 

Now before the feast of the passover, when 
Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should 
depart out of this world unto the Father, having 
loved his own which were in the world, he loved 
them unto the end. And supper being ended, the 
devil having now put into the heart of Judas 
Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him, Jesus know- 
ing that the Father had given all things into his 
hands, and that he was come from God, and went 



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to God, he riseth from the supper, and laid aside 
his garments, and took a towel and girded him- 
self. After that he poureth water into a basin, 
and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe 
them with the towel wherewith he was girded. 
Then cometh he to Simon Peter ; and Peter saith 
unto him, "Lord, dost thou wash my feet?" 
Jesus said, " What I do thou knowest not now ; 
but thou shalt know hereafter." Peter saith, 
" Thou shalt never wash my feet." Jesus an- 
swered him, " If I wash thee not, thou hast no 
part with me." Simon Peter saith unto him, 
" Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and 
my head." Jesus saith to him, " He that is 
washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is 
clean every whit; and ye are clean, but not all." 
For he knew who should betray him; therefore 
said he, " Ye are not all clean." 

So after he had washed their feet, and had 
taken his garments and was set down again, he 
said, " Know ye what I have done to you ? Ye 
call me Master and Lord ; and ye say well, for so 
I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have 
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another's feet. For I have given you an ex- 
ample, that ye should do as I have done to you. 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, the servant is not 
greater than his lord; neither is he that is sent 
greater than he that sent him. If ye know these 
things, happy are ye if ye do them." 

As they were eating, the Lord Jesus, the same 
night (i Cor. n : 23) in which he was betrayed, 
took bread, and gave thanks, and blessed it, and 
brake it and gave it to the disciples, and said, 
" Take, eat ; this is my body which is given for 
you: this do in remembrance of me." Likewise 
also the cup after supper, and when he had given 
thanks, he gave it to them, saying, " Drink ye all 
of it." They all drank of it. And he said, 
" This cup is the new testament in my blood, 
which is shed for you, for the remission of sins. 
But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of 
this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink 
it new with you in my Father's kingdom. 

" But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth 
me is with me on the table. Truly the Son of 
man goeth, as it was determined; but woe unto 
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you all. I know whom I have chosen; but that 
the Scripture may be fulfilled, ' He that eateth 
bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me/ 
Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is 
come to pass, ye may believe that I am he. 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that receiveth 
whomsoever I send receiveth me ; and he that re- 
ceiveth me, receiveth him that sent me." 

As they sat and did eat, and when Jesus had 
thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified 
and said, " Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one 
of you, which eateth with me, shall betray me." 
They began to inquire among themselves, which 
of them it was that should do this thing. They 
were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one 
of them to say unto him, one by one, " Lord, is it 
I?" He answered, " It is one of the twelve, that 
dippeth with me in the dish. The Son of man 
goeth as it is written of him ; but woe to that man 
by whom the Son of man is betrayed! Good 
were it for that man if he had never been born." 

Then the disciples looked one on another, 
doubting of whom he spake. Now there was 
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whom Jesus loved. Simon Peter, therefore, 
beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should 
be of whom he spake. He then lying on Jesus' 
breast saith unto him, " Lord, who is it?" Jesus 
answered, " He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, 
when I have dipped it." When he had dipped 
the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of 
Simon. After the sop, Satan entered into him. 
Then saith Jesus unto him, " That thou doest, do 
quickly." Now no man at the table knew for 
what intent he spake this unto him. For some of 
them thought, because Judas had the bag, that 
Jesus had said unto him, " Buy those things that 
we have need of against the feast;" or that he 
should give something to the poor. Then Judas, 
which betrayed him, answered and said, " Master, 
is it I?" He said, " Thou hast said." He then 
having received the sop went out immediately. 
And it was night. 

Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, 
" Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is 
glorified in him. If God be glorified in him, God 
shall also glorify him in himself, and shall 
straightway glorify him. Little children, yet a 



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little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me ; and 
as I said unto the Jews, ' Whither I go, ye cannot 
come;' so I now say to you. A new command- 
ment I give unto you, that ye love one another; 
as I have loved you ; that ye also love one another. 
By this shall all men know that ye are my dis- 
ciples, if ye have love one to another. " Simon 
Peter saith unto him, " Lord, whither goest 
thou?" Jesus answered, "Whither I go, thou canst 
not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me 
afterwards." Peter said unto him, " Lord, why 
cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my 
life for thy sake." Jesus answered, " Wilt thou 
lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I 
say unto thee, the cock shall not crow, till thou 
hast denied me thrice." 

There was also a strife among them, which of 
them should be accounted the greatest. He said 
unto them, " The kings of the Gentiles exercise 
lordship over them; and they that exercise au- 
thority upon them are called benefactors. But ye 
shall not be so ; but he that is greatest among you, 
let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as 
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that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth ? Is not he 
that sitteth at meat? But I am among you as he 
that serveth. Ye are they which have continued 
with me in my temptations. And I appoint unto 
you a kingdom, as my Father hath unto me ; that 
ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, 
and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of 
Israel." 

The Lord said, " Simon, Simon, behold, Satan 
hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as 
wheat ; but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith 
fail not ; and when thou art converted, strengthen 
thy brethren." He said unto him, " Lord, I am 
ready to go with thee, both into prison and to 
death." He said, " I tell thee, Peter, the cock 
shall not crow this day, before thou shalt thrice 
deny that thou knowest me." 

He said unto them, " When I sent you without 
purse and scrip and shoes, lacked ye any thing?" 
They said, " Nothing." Then said he unto them, 
" But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, 
and likewise his scrip ; and he that hath no 
sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. 
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yet be accomplished in me, * He was reckoned 
among the transgressors for the things concern- 
ing me have an end." They said, " Lord, behold, 
here are two swords." He said, " It is enough." 



CHAPTER IX. 
Hols GbursDaE (Continued)* 

THE LORD'S DISCOURSE AND PRAYER. 

John 14-17. — The Lord's Wonderful Discourse — 
Christ the Way, the Truth and the Life — The Comforter 
Promised — Christ the True Vine — The Promise of the 
Holy Ghost Renewed — The Sacerdotal Prayer. 

" Let not your hearts be troubled; ye believe in 
God, believe also- in me. In my Father's house 
are many mansions; if it were not so, I would 
have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will 
come again, and receive you unto myself; that 
where I am, there ye may be also. And whither 
I go ye know, and the way ye know." Thomas 
saith unto him, " Lord, we know not whither thou 
goest, and how can we know the way?" Jesus 
saith unto him, " I am the way, the truth and the 
life; no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. 
If ye had known me, ye should have known my 
Father also; and from henceforth ye know him, 
and have seen him." Philip saith unto him, 
" Lord, show us the Father, and it sufiiceth us." 

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Jesus saith unto him, " Have I been so long time 
with you, and yet hast thou not known me, 
Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the 
Father ; and how sayest thou then, * Show us the 
Father?' Believest thou not that I am in the 
Father, and the Father in me ? The words that I 
speak unto you I speak not of myself; but the 
Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. 
Believe me that I am in the Father, and the 
Father in me; or else believe me for the very 
works' sake. Verily, verily, I say unto you, he 
that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he 
do also; and greater works than these shall he 
do; because I go unto the Father. Whatsoever 
ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the 
Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall 
ask anything in my name, I will do it. 

" If ye love me, keep my commandments And 
I will pray the Father, and he shall give you 
another Comforter, that he may abide with you 
forever; even the Spirit of truth, whom the 
world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, 
neither knoweth him; but ye know him, for he 
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leave you comfortless; I will come to you. Yet 
a little while, and the world seeth me no more; 
but ye see me. Because I live, ye shall live also. 
At that day ye shall know that I am in the 
Father, and ye in me, and I in you. He that 
hath my commandments and keepeth them, he it 
is that loveth me ; and he that loveth me shall be 
loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will 
manifest myself to him/' Judas saith unto him 
(not Iscariot), "Lord, how is it that thou wilt 
manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the 
world?" Jesus answered, " If a man love me, he 
will keep my words; and my Father will love 
him, and we will come unto him, and make our 
abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth 
not my sayings ; and the word which ye hear is 
not mine, but the Father's which sent me. These 
things have I spoken unto you, being yet present 
with you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy 
Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, 
he shall teach you all things, and bring all things 
to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said 
unto you. Peace I leave with you, my peace I 
give unto you; not as the world giveth, give I 



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unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, 
neither let it be afraid. Ye have heard how I 
said unto you, I go away, and come again unto 
you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I 
said, I go unto the Father; for my Father is 
greater than I. Now I have told you before it 
come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye 
might believe. Hereafter I will not talk much 
with you; for the prince of this world cometh, 
and hath nothing in me. But that the world 
may know that I love the Father, and as the 
Father gave me commandment, even so I do. 
Arise, let us go hence. 

" I am the true vine, and my Father is the hus- 
bandman. Every branch in me that beareth not 
fruit he taketh away; and every branch that 
beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring 
forth more fruit Now ye are clean through the 
word which I have spoken unto you. Abide in 
me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear 
fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine ; no more 
can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye 
are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I 
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without me ye can do nothing. If a man abide 
not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is 
withered; and men gather them and cast them 
into the fire, and they are burned. If ye 
abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall 
ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 
Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much 
fruit ; so shall ye be my disciples. As the Father 
hath loved me, so have I loved you ; continue ye 
in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye 
shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my 
Father's commandments, and abide in his love. 
These things have I spoken unto you, that my 
joy might remain in you, and that your joy might 
be full. This is my commandment, that ye love 
one another, as I have loved you. Greater love 
hath no man than this, that a man lay down his 
life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do 
whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call 
you not servants, for the servant knoweth not 
what his lord doeth; but I have called you 
friends, for all things that I have heard of my 
Father I have made known unto you. Ye have 
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dained you, that ye should go and bring forth 
fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that 
whatsoever ye shall ask of my Father in my 
name, he may give it you. These things I com- 
mand you, that ye love one another. If the 
world hate you, ye know that it hated me before 
it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world 
would love his own ; but because ye are not of the 
world, but I have chosen you out of the world, 
therefore the world hateth you. Remember the 
word that I said unto you, ' The servant is not 
greater than his lord.' If they have persecuted 
me, they will also persecute you. If they have 
kept my saying, they will keep yours also. But 
all these things will they do unto you for my 
name's sake, because they know not him that sent 
me. If I had not come and spoken unto them, 
they had not had sin ; but now they have no cloak 
for their sin. He that hateth me hateth my 
Father also. If I had not done among them the 
works which none other man did, they had not 
had sin; but now they have both seen and hated 
both me and my Father. But this cometh to 
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written in the Law, ' They hated me without a 
cause.' 

"But when the Comforter is come, whom I will 
send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of 
truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall 
testify of me; and ye also shall bear witness, be- 
cause ye have been with me from the beginning. 

" These things have I spoken unto you, that ye 
should not be offended. They shall put you out 
of the synagogues; yea, the time cometh, that 
whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth 
God service. These things will they do unto 
you, because they have not known the Father, 
nor me. But these things have I told you, that 
when the time shall come, ye may remember that 
I told you of them. And these things I said not 
unto you at the beginning, because I was with 
you. But now I go my way to him that sent me ; 
and none of you asketh me, * Whither goest 
thou?' But because I have said these things unto 
you, sorrow hath filled your hearts. Neverthe- 
less I tell you the truth; it is expedient for you 
that I go away; for if I go not away, the Com- 
forter will not come unto you ; but if I depart, I 



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will send him unto you. When he is come, he 
will reprove the world of sin, and of righteous- 
ness, and of judgment: of sin, because they be- 
lieved not on me ; of righteousness, because I go 
to my Father, and ye see me no more; of judg- 
ment, because the prince of this world is judged. 
I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye 
can not bear them now. Howbeit when he, the 
Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into 
all truth; for he shall not speak of himself, but 
whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak ; and 
he will show you things to come. He shall glorify 
me ; for he shall receive of mine and shall show it 
unto you. All things that the Father hath are 
mine; therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, 
and shall show it unto you. A little while, and ye 
shall not see me ; and again, a little while, and ye 
shall see me, because I go to my Father." 

Then said some of his disciples among them- 
selves, " What is this that he saith unto us, ' A 
little while, and ye shall not see me ; and again, a 
little while, and ye shall see me ;' and, ' Because I 
go to the Father?' " They said therefore, " What 
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tell what he saith." Now Jesus knew that they 
were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, 
" Do ye inquire among yourselves of that I said, 
1 A little while, and ye shall not see me ; and 
again, a little while, and ye shall see me ?' Verily, 
verity, I say unto you, ye shall weep and lament, 
but the world shall rejoice; and ye shall be sor- 
rowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. 
A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, be- 
cause her hour is come ; but as soon as she is de- 
livered of the child, she remembereth no more the 
anguish, for joy that a man is born into the 
world. Ye now therefore have sorrow; but I 
will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, 
and your joy no man taketh from you. In that 
day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say 
unto you, whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in 
my name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye 
asked nothing in my name ; ask, and ye shall re- 
ceive, that your joy may be full. These things 
have I spoken unto you in proverbs ; but the time 
cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in 
proverbs, but I shall show you plainly of the 
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and I say not unto you, that I will pray the 
Father for you; for the Father himself loveth 
you, because ye have loved me, and have believed 
that I came out from God. I came forth from 
the Father, and am come into the world ; again, I 
leave the world and go to the Father." His dis- 
ciples said, " Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and 
speakest no proverbs. Now are we sure that 
thou knowest all things, and needest not that any 
man should ask thee ; by this we believe that thou 
earnest forth from God." Jesus answered, " Do 
ye now believe? Behold, the hour cometh, yea, 
is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man 
to his own, and shall leave me alone ; and yet I am 
not alone, because the Father is with me. These 
things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye 
might have peace. In the world ye shall have 
tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have over- 
come the world." 

These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes 
to heaven and said, " Father, the hour is come ; 
glorify thy Son, that thy Son may glorify thee. 
As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that 
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given him. And this is life eternal, that they 
might know thee the only true God, and Jesus 
Christ, whom thou hast sent. I have glorified 
thee on the earth ; I have finished the work which 
thou gavest me to do. And now, O Father, 
glorify thou me with thine -own self with the 
glory which I had with thee before the world was. 
I have manifested thy name unto the men which 
thou gavest me out of the world. Thine they 
were, and thou gavest them me ; and they have 
kept thy word. Xow they have known that all 
things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. 
For I have given unto them the words which 
thou gavest me ; and they have received them, 
and have known surely that I came out from thee, 
and they have believed that thou didst send me. 
I pray for them; I pray not for the world, but 
for them which thou hast given me ; for they are 
thine. All mine are thine, and thine are mine; 
and I am glorified in them. Xow I am no more 
in the world, but these are in the world, and I am 
come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine 
own name those whom thou hast given me, that 
they may be one, as we are. While I was with 



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them in the world, I kept them in thy name ; those 
that thou gavest me I kept, and none of them is 
lost, but the son of perdition; that the Scripture 
might be fulfilled. Now come I to thee; and 
these things I speak in the world, that they might 
have my joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given 
them thy word; and the world hath hated them, 
because they are not of the world, even as I am 
not of the world. I pray not that thou shouldest 
take them out of the world, but that thou 
shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not 
of the world, even as I am not of the world. 
Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is 
truth. As thou has sent me into the world, even 
so have I also sent them into the world. And for 
their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might 
be sanctified through the truth. Neither pray I 
for these alone, but for them also which shall be- 
lieve on me through their word ; that they all may 
be one, as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, 
that they also may be one in us; that the world 
may believe that thou hast sent me. The glory 
which thou gavest me I have given them; that 
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and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in 
one ; and that the world may know that thou has 
sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved 
me. Father, I will that they also, whom thou 
hast given me, be with me where I am ; that they 
may behold my glory, which thou hast given me ; 
for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the 
world. O righteous Father, the world hath not 
known thee; but I have known thee, and these 
have known that thou hast sent me. I have de- 
clared unto them thy name, and will declare it; 
that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may 
be in them, and I in them/' 



CHAPTER X. 
1bol£ ftbursDa^ (ConcluDeD)* 

THE CLOSING HOURS OF THIS EVENTFUL DAY. 

Matt. 26: 30-75; Mark 14: 26-72; Luke 22: 39-62; 
John 18: 1-27. — Jesus and the Disciples go to the Mount 
of Olives — The Agony in Gethsemane — Jesus Captured 
— Led before the Jewish High-Priest — Before the 
Sanhedrim — Peter's Denial of Christ. 

When they had sung an hymn, they went out, 
and went, as he was wont (i. e. accustomed), to 
the Mount of Olives; and his disciples also fol- 
lowed him over the brook Cedron. Then saith 
Jesus unto them, " All ye shall be offended be- 
cause of me this night; for it is written, i I will 
smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock 
shall be scattered abroad/ But after I am risen 
again, I will go before you into Galilee. " But 
Peter answered and said unto him, " Though all 
men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I 
never be offended." Jesus said unto him, " Ver- 
ily I say unto thee, this day, even in this night, 
before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me 
thrice." But he spoke the more vehemently, " If 

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I should die with thee, I will not den)' thee in any 
wise." Likewise also said all the disciples. 

Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place 
called Gethsemane, where was a garden, into 
which he entered and his disciples. When he was 
at the place, he said unto them, " Pray that ye 
enter not into temptation. Sit ye here, while I go 
yonder and pray." He took with him Peter and 
the two sons of Zebedee, James and John, and be- 
gan to be sorrowful and very heavy. Then saith 
he unto them, " My soul is exceeding sorrowful, 
even unto death; tarry ye here and watch with 
me." Pie went a little farther, about a stone's 
cast, and kneeled down, and fell on his face on 
the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, 
the hour might pass from him. He said, "Abba, 
Father, all things are possible unto thee ; O my 
Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from 
me ; nevertheless not my will, but thine be done." 
And there appeared an angel unto him from 
heaven, strengthening him. And being in an 
agony, he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat 
was as it were great drops of blood falling down 
to the ground. And he cometh unto his disciples, 



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and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, 
" Simon, sleepest thou ? What, could ye not 
watch with me one hour ? Watch and pray, that 
ye enter not into temptation; the spirit indeed is 
willing, but the flesh is weak." He went away 
again the second time and prayed, and spoke the 
same words, saying, " O my Father, if this cup 
may not pass away from me, except I drink it, 
thy will be done." When he returned, he found 
them asleep again (for their eyes were heavy), 
neither knew they what to answer him. He left 
them, and went away again, and prayed the third 
time, saying the same words. He cometh the 
third time to his disciples, and saith unto them, 
" Sleep on now, and take your rest ; it is enough. 
Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man 
is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise, let us 
be going; behold he is at hand that doth betray 
me." 

Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the 
place; for Jesus oft-times resorted thither with 
his disciples. Judas then, having received a band 
of men and officers from the chief priests and 
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torches and weapons. Immediately, while he yet 
spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with 
him a great multitude with swords and staves, 
from the chief priests and the scribes and elders 
of the people. Xow he that betrayed him gave 
them a sign, saying, " Whomsoever I shall kiss, 
the same is he, hold him fast, and lead him away 
safely." As soon as he was come, he goeth 
straightway and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him, 
and saith, " Hail, Master," and kissed him. Jesus 
said unto him, " Friend, wherefore art thou 
come? Betrayest thou the Son of man with a 
kiss?" 

Jesus, therefore, knowing all things that should 
come upon him, went forth and said unto them, 
"Whom seek ye?" They answered, "Jesus cf 
Nazareth." Jesus saith unto them, " I am he." 
And Judas also which betrayed him, stood with 
them. As soon then as he had said unto them, 
" I am he ;" they went backward, and fell to the 
ground. Then asked he them again, " Whom 
seek ye?" They said, " Jesus of Xazareth." 
Jesus answered, " I have told you that I am he; 
if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way;" 



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that the saying might be fulfilled, which he spoke, 
"Of them which thou gavest me have I lost 
none/' Then came they and laid hands on Jesus 
and took him. When they which were about him 
saw what would follow, they said unto him, 
" Lord, shall we smite with the sword?" One of 
them (Simon Peter) that stood by with Jesus, 
stretched out his hand and drew his sword, and 
struck a servant of the high priest's, and cut off 
his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus. 
Jesus said, " Suffer ye thus far?" And he touched 
his ear and healed him. Then said Jesus unto 
Peter, " Put up thy sword into the sheath ; for all 
they that take the sword shall perish with the 
sword. The cup which my Father hath given 
me, shall I not drink it? Thinkest thou that I 
cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall pres- 
ently give me more than twelve legions of 
angels? But how then shall the Scriptures be 
fulfilled, that thus it must be?" In that same 
hour Jesus said unto the chief priests and cap- 
tains of the temple and the elders, which were 
come to him, " Are ye come out as against a thief, 
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daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no 
hands against me ; but this is your hour and the 
power of darkness." 

But all was done that the Scriptures of the 
prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the dis- 
ciples forsook him and fled. There followed him 
a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast 
about his naked body ; and the young men laid 
hold on him. And he left the linen cloth, and 
fled from them naked. 

Then the band and the captains and the officers 
of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him, and led 
him away to Annas, first; for he was father-in- 
law to Caiaphas, who was the high priest that 
same year. Now Caiaphas was he, who gave 
counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one 
man should die for the people. Then they that 
had laid hold on Jesus, led him away to Caiaphas 
the high priest, and brought him into the high 
priest's house. 

Simon Peter followed Jesus afar off, and so did 
another disciple ; that disciple was known unto the 
high priest, and went in with Jesus into the palace 
of the high priest. But Peter stood at the door 



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without. Then went out that other disciple, which 
was known unto the high priest, and spake unto 
her that kept the door, and brought in Peter. 

The high priest then asked Jesus of his dis- 
ciples, and of his doctrine. Jesus answered, " I 
spoke openly to the world; I ever taught in the 
synagogue and in the temple, whither the Jews 
always resort ; and in secret have I said nothing. 
Why askest thou me? Ask them which heard 
me, what I have said unto them; behold, they 
know what I said." When he had thus spoken, 
one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus 
with the palm of his hand, saying, " Answerest 
thou the high priest so ?" Jesus answered, " If I 
have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil; but if 
well, why smitest thou me?" Now Annas had 
sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest, and 
with him were assembled all the chief priests and 
the elders and the scribes. When they had kindled 
a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down 
together, Peter sat down among the servants and 
warmed himself at the fire, to see the end. 

Now the chief priests and the elders and all the 
council, sought false witness against Jesus to put 



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him to death, but found none ; yea, though many 
false witnesses came, yet found they none, for 
their witness agreed not together. At the last 
came two false witnesses and bare false witness 
against him, saying, " We heard him say, ' I am 
able to destroy the temple of God that is made 
with hands, and within three days build another 
made without hands.' " But neither so did their 
witness agree together. The high priest rose in 
the midst and asked Jesus, saying, "Answerest 
thou nothing? What is it which these witness 
against thee ?" But Jesus held his peace, and an- 
swered nothing. Again the high priest asked 
him, and said unto him, " I adjure thee by the 
living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the 
Christ, the Son of God." Jesus said, " Thou hast 
said; nevertheless I say unto you, hereafter ye 
shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand 
of power and coming in the clouds of heaven." 
Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, " He 
hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have 
we of witnesses? Behold, now ye have heard his 
blasphemy. What think ye?" They all said, " He 
is guilty of death. " The men that held Jesus, 



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mocked him and smote him. Some began to spit 
on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him. 
When they had blindfolded him, they struck him 
on the face ; and others smote him with the palms 
of their hands, saying, " Prophesy unto us, thou 
Christ, who is he that smote thee ?" Many other 
things spoke they blasphemously against him. 

As Peter was beneath in the palace, there 
cometh one of the maids of the high priest, the 
damsel that kept the door, and when she saw 
Peter, as he sat by the fire warming himself, she 
looked earnestly upon him and said, ' Thou also 
wast with Jesus of Nazareth. Art not thou also 
one of this man's disciples?" But he denied be- 
fore them all, saying, " Woman, I know him not, 
neither understand I what thou sayest." He went 
out into the porch ; and the cock crew. And the 
servants and officers stood there, who had made a 
fire of coals, for it was cold, and they warmed 
themselves; and Peter stood with them and 
warmed himself. After a little while another 
maid saw him, and said unto them that were 
there, " This fellow was also with Jesus of Naza- 
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thou also one of his disciples ?" He again denied 
with an oath, " I know not the man." About the 
space of an hour after, they that stood by said 
again to Peter, " Surely thou are one of them; 
for thou art a Galilean, and thy speech agreeth 
thereto." One of the servants of the high priest, 
being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith, 
" Did not I see thee in the garden with him ?" 
Then he began to curse and to swear, saying, " I 
know not this man of whom ye speak." And im- 
mediately, the second time, while he yet spoke, the 
cock crew. And the Lord looked upon Peter. 
Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he 
had said unto him, " Before the cock crow twice, 
thou shalt deny me thrice." And when he 
thought thereon, he went out and wept bitterly. 



CHAPTER XI. 
600D 3ftR>a£* 

THE TRIAL. 

Matt. 27: l-2fr; Mark 15: 1-15; Luke 23: 1-25; John 
18: 28 — 19: 15. — Jesus Delivered to Pontius Pilate — 
Judas — Jesus Arraigned before Pilate — Barabbas and 
Jesus — Jesus sent to Herod — Returned to Pilate — Jesus 
Condemned. 

Straightway, when the morning (of Friday) 
was come, all the chief priests held a consultation 
with the elders of the people and the scribes and 
the whole council, against Jesus to put him to 
death. And they led him into their council, say- 
ing, "Art thou the Christ? Tell us." He said 
unto them, " If I tell you, ye will not believe ; and 
if I also ask you, ye will not answer me, nor let 
me go. Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on 
the right hand of the power of God." Then said 
they all, " Art thou then the Son of God?" He 
said, " Ye say that I am." They said, " What 
need we any further witness ? For we ourselves 
have heard of his own mouth." 

When they had bound him, the whole multitude 
of them arose, and led him away from Caiaphas 
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unto the hall of judgment, and delivered him to 
Pontius Pilate the governor. And it was early. 

Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he 
saw that he was condemned, repented himself and 
brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the 
chief priests and elders, saying, " I have sinned in 
that I have betrayed the innocent blood/' They 
said, " What is that to us ? See thou to that." 
He cast down the pieces of silver in the temple 
and departed, and went and hanged himself ; and 
falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, 
and all his bowels gushed out (Acts 1 : 18). The 
chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, " It 
is not lawful to put them into the treasury, be- 
cause it is the price of blood." They took coun- 
sel, and bought with them the potter's field, to 
bury strangers in. Wherefore that field was 
called, " The field of blood," unto this day. Then 
was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah 
the prophet, saying, " They took the thirty pieces 
of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom 
they of the children of Israel did value; and gave 
them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed 
me. 



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They (the Jews) went not into the judgment 
hall, lest they should be defiled; but (remained 
outside) that they might eat the passover. Pilate 
then went out unto them and said, " What accusa- 
tion bring ye against this man ?" They answer- 
ed, "If he were not a malefactor, we would not 
have delivered him up to thee." Then said Pilate 
unto them, " Take ye him, and judge him accord- 
ing to your law." The Jews therefore said unto 
him, " It is not lawful for us to put any man to 
death;" that the saying of Jesus might be ful- 
filled, which he spake, signifying what death he 
should die. Then Pilate entered into the judg- 
ment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto 
him, "Art thou the King of the Jews?" Jesus 
answered, " Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or 
did others tell thee of me?" Pilate answered, 
" Am I a Jew ? Thine own nation and the chief 
priests have delivered thee unto me; what hast 
thou done ?" Jesus answered, " My kingdom is 
not of this world. If my kingdom were of this 
world, then would my servants fight, that I should 
not be delivered to the Jews ; but now is my king- 
dom not from hence." Pilate therefore said unto 



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him, " Art thou a king then ?" Jesus answered, 
" Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was 
I born, and for this cause came I into the world, 
that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every 
one that is of the truth heareth my voice." Pilate 
saith unto him, " What is truth?" When he had 
said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and 
saith unto them, " I find in him no fault at all. 
But ye have a custom, that I should release unto 
you one at the passover; will ye therefore that I 
release unto you the King of the Jews?" Then 
cried they all, saying, " Not this man, but Barab- 
bas." Now Barabbas was a robber. Then Pilate 
therefore took Jesus and scourged him; and the 
soldiers platted a crown of thorns, put it on his 
head, and put on him a purple robe, and said, 
" Hail, King of the Jews!" and they smote him 
with their hands. Pilate therefore went forth 
again, and saith unto them, " Behold, I bring him 
forth to you, that ye may know that I find no 
fault in him." Then came Jesus forth, wearing 
the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate 
saith unto them, " Behold the man !" When the 
chief priests, therefore, and the officers saw him, 



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they cried out, saying, " Crucify him, crucify 
him." Pilate saith unto them, " Take ye him, 
and crucify him ; for I find no fault in him." The 
Jews answered, " We have a law, and by our law 
he ought to die, because he made himself the Son 
of God." When Pilate therefore heard that 
saying, he was the more afraid; and (taking 
Jesus) went again into the judgment hall and 
saith unto Jesus, "Whence art thou?" But 
Jesus gave him no answer. Then saith Pilate 
unto him, " Speakest thou not unto me ? Knowest 
thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and 
have power to release thee?" Jesus answered, 
" Thou couldest have no power at all against me, 
except it were given thee from above ; therefore 
he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater 
sin." From thenceforth Pilate sought to release 
him; but the Jews cried out, saying, "If thou let 
this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend ; whoso- 
ever maketh himself a king speaketh against 
Caesar." When Pilate therefore heard that say- 
ing, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the 
judgment seat in a place that is called the Pave- 
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preparation of the passover, and about the sixth 
hour; and he saith unto the Jews, " Behold your 
King !" But they cried out, " Away with him, 
away with him, crucify him." Pilate saith unto 
them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief 
priests answered, " We have no king but 
Caesar." 

Jesus stood before the governor. And they 
began to accuse him, saying, " W e found this fel- 
low perverting the nation, and forbidding to give 
tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ 
a King." Pilate, the governor, asked him, say- 
ing, "Art thou the King of the Jews?" Jesus 
said, " Thou sayest." And the chief priests ac- 
cused him of many things. When he was ac- 
cused of the chief priests and elders, he answered 
nothing. Pilate asked him, saying, " Answerest 
thou nothing? Behold, hearest thou not how 
many things they witness against thee?" But 
Jesus answered him never a word ; insomuch that 
the governor marvelled greatly. Then said 
Pilate to the chief priests and the people, " I find 
no fault in this man." They were the more 
fierce, saying, " He stirreth up the people, teach- 



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ing throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee 
to this place." 

When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether 
the man were a Galilean. As soon as he knew 
that he belonged to Herod's jurisdiction, he sent 
him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem 
at that time. When Herod saw Jesus, he was ex- 
ceeding glad; for he was desirous to see him of a 
long season, because he had heard many things of 
him, and he hoped to have some miracle done by 
him. Then he questioned him in many words; 
but he answered him nothing. The chief priests 
and the scribes stood and vehemently accused 
him. Herod with his men of war set him at 
nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a 
gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate. The 
same day Pilate and Herod were made friends 
together; for before they were at enmity between 
themselves. 

Pilate, when he had called together the chief 
priests and the rulers and the people, said unto 
them, " Ye have brought this man unto me, as 
one that perverteth the people; and, behold, I, 
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fault in this man touching those things whereof 
ye accuse him ; no, nor yet Herod, for I sent you 
to him, and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done 
unto him. I will therefore chastise him, and re- 
lease him." 

Now at that feast the governor was wont to 
release unto the people one prisoner, whomsoever 
they desired. They had then a notable prisoner, 
called Barabbas, which lay bound with them that 
had made insurrection with him, who had com- 
mitted murder in the insurrection. The multi- 
tude crying aloud desired him to do as he had 
ever done unto them. Therefore, when they 
were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, 
" Whom will ye that I release unto you ? Barab- 
bas, or Jesus which is called Christ, the King of 
the Jews ?" 

When Pilate was set down on the judgment 
seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, " Have thou 
nothing to do with that just man; for I have 
suffered many things this day in a dream because 
of him." 

But the chief priests and elders persuaded the 
multitude that they should ask that he should 



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rather release Barabbas unto them, and destroy 
Jesus. And they cried out all at once, saying, 
" Away with this man, and release unto us Barab- 
bas." Pilate, therefore, willing to release Jesus, 
spake again to them, " Whether of the twain 
will ye that I release unto you?" They said, 
"Barabbas." Pilate saith unto them, "What 
shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ, 
whom ye call the King of the Jews?" They 
cried out again, " Crucify him, crucify him." 
Then Pilate said the third time, " Why, what evil 
hath he done? I have found no cause of death 
in him. I will therefore chastise him, and let him 
go." They cried out the more exceedingly, 
" Crucify him." When Pilate saw that he could 
prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was 
made, he took water and washed his hands before 
the multitude, saying, " I am innocent of the 
blood of this just person ; see ye to it." Then an- 
swered all the people and said, " His blood be on 
us and on our children." And the voice of them 
and of the chief priests prevailed. So Pilate, 
willing to content the people, gave sentence that 
it should be as they required. He released unto 



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them him who for sedition and murder was cast 
into prison, and whom they desired; but he de- 
livered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to 
their will, to be crucified. 



CHAPTER XII. 
OooD 3fridai> (GoncluDeD)* 

THE CRUCIFIXION. 

Matt. 2j: 27-61; Mark 15: 16-47; Luke 23: 26-56; 
John 19: 16-42. — Jesus Crowned and Mocked — Jesus on 
the Way to Calvary — The Crucifixion — Jesus on the 
Cross — The Mother of Jesus — "It is Finished" — Jesus 
Laid in the Grave. 

Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus 
into the common hall, called the Prsetorium, and 
gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. 
They stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. 
And when they had platted a crown of thorns, 
they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right 
hand; and they bowed the knee before him and 
began to salute him, and mocked him, saying, 
" Hail, King of the Jews !" They smote him on 
the head with a reed, and spit upon him, and bow- 
ing their knees worshiped him. When they had 
mocked him, they took off the purple robe from 
him, put his own clothes on him and led him out 
to crucify him. 

They took Jesus and led him away. He bear- 
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ing his cross, went forth. As they led him away, 
they found and laid hold upon one Simon, a 
Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the coun- 
try, the father of Alexander and Rufus, on him 
they laid the cross and compelled him to bear it 
after Jesus. 

There followed him a great company of people, 
and of women, which also bewailed and lamented 
him. But Jesus turning unto them said, " Daugh- 
ters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for 
yourselves, and for your children. For, behold, 
the days are coming, in which they shall say, 
1 Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that 
never bare, and the paps which never gave suck/ 
Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, 
i Fall on us and to the hills, ' Cover us.' For if 
they do these things in a green tree, what shall be 
done in the dry?" There were also two others, 
malefactors, led with him to be put to death. 

When they were come to a place called Cal- 
vary, which is also called Golgotha, that is, 
being interpreted, the place of a skull, they gave 
him vinegar to drink mingled with gall ; but when 
he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. There 



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they crucified him, and the two malefactors with 
him, one on the right hand, and the other on the 
left, and Jesus in the midst. And the Scripture 
was fulfilled, which saith, " He was numbered 
with the transgressors/' Then said Jesus, 
" Father, forgive them ; for they know not what 
they do." Pilate wrote a title and put it on the 
cross ; and the writing was, " Jesus of Naza- 
reth, the King of the Jews." This title then 
read many of the Jews ; for the place where Jesus 
was crucified was nigh to the city; and it was 
written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. Then 
said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, 
" Write not, ' The King of the Jews ;' but that he 
said, ' I am King of the Jews/ " Pilate answered, 
" What I have written, I have written." 

Then the soldiers, when they had crucified 
Jesus, took his garments and made four parts, to 
every soldier a part ; and also his coat. Now this 
coat was without seam, woven from the top 
throughout. They said therefore among them- 
selves, " Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, 
whose it shall be;" that the Scripture might be 
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" They parted my garments among them, and 
upon my vesture did they cast lots." These 
things therefore the soldiers did. And it was the 
third hour, when they crucified him. And sitting 
down they watched him. And the people stood 
beholding; and they that passed by railed on him, 
wagging their heads, and saying, " Ah ! Thou 
that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three 
days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, 
come down from the cross. " Likewise also the 
chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and 
eiders, and the rulers also with them, derided him, 
saying, " He saved others, himself he cannot save. 
Let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen 
of God. If he be the King of Israel, let him now 
come down from the cross, that we may see, and 
we will believe him. He trusted in God; let him 
deliver him now, if he will have him ; for he said, 
' I am the Son of God.' " The soldiers also 
mocked him, coming to him and offering him 
vinegar, and saying, "If thou be the King of the 
Jews, save thyself.'' One of the malefactors, 
which were hanged with him, railed on him, say- 
ing, " If thou be Christ, save thyself and us." 

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But the other answering rebuked him, saying, 
" Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the 
same condemnation? We indeed justly, for we 
receive the due reward of our deeds; but this 
man hath done nothing amiss." And he said 
unto Jesus, " Lord, remember me when thou com- 
est into thy kingdom." Jesus said unto him, 
" Verily I say unto thee, to-day shalt thou be with 
me in paradise." 

Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his 
mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of 
Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus 
therefore saw his mother, and the disciple stand- 
ing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, 
" Woman, behold thy son !" Then saith he to the 
disciple, " Behold thy mother !" From that hour 
that disciple took her unto his own home. 

When the sixth hour was come there was dark- 
ness over the whole land until the ninth hour. 
And the sun was darkened. About the ninth 
hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, " Eli, 
Eli, lama sabachthani ?" that is to say, " My God, 
my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" Some of 
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" Behold, he calleth Elias." After this, Jesus 
knowing that all things were now accomplished, 
that the Scriptures might be fulfilled, saith, " I 
thirst." Now there was set a vessel full of vine- 
gar, and straightway one of them ran and took a 
sponge and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a 
reed and gave him to drink. The rest said, " Let 
be, let us see whether Elias will come to save 
him." When Jesus therefore had received the 
vinegar, he said, " It is finished." When Jesus 
had cried with a loud voice, he said, " Father, into 
thy hands I commend my spirit." 

Having said thus, he bowed his head and gave 
up the ghost. And, behold, the veil of the temple 
was rent in twain from the top to the bottom ; the 
earth did quake, and the rocks rent; the graves 
were opened, and many bodies of the saints which 
slept arose, and came out of the graves after his 
resurrection, and went into the holy city, and ap- 
peared unto many. When the centurion, which 
stood over against him, and they that were with 
him w r atching Jesus, saw the earth quake, and 
those things that were done, that he so cried out, 
and gave up the ghost, they feared greatly, say- 



102 THE PASSION STORY. 



ing, " Truly this was the Son of God." All the 
people that came together to that sight, beholding 
the things that were done, smote their breasts and 
returned. And all his acquaintance, and the 
women that followed Jesus from Galilee, minis- 
tering unto him, stood afar off, beholding these 
things, among whom was Mary Magdalene and 
Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, 
and Salome the mother of Zebedee's children 
(who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, 
and ministered unto him) ; and many other 
women which came up with him unto Jerusalem. 

The Jews therefore, because it was the prepara- 
tion, that the bodies should not remain upon the 
cross on the Sabbath day, (for the Sabbath day 
was a high day,) besought Pilate that their legs 
might be broken, and that they might be taken 
away. Then came the soldiers and broke the legs 
of the first and of the other which were crucified 
with him. But when they came to Jesus, and saw 
that he was dead already, they broke not his legs ; 
but one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his 
side, and forthwith came thereout blood and 
water. He that saw it bare record, and his re- 



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cord is true; and he knoweth that he saith the 
truth, that ye might believe. For these things 
were done, that the Scriptures should be fulfilled, 
" A bone of him shall not be broken." Again 
another Scripture saith, " They shall look on him 
whom they pierced." 

After this, when the even was come, because it 
was the preparation, that is, the day before the 
Sabbath, there came a rich man, named Joseph, 
an honorable counsellor, and he was a good and 
just man (the same had not consented to the 
counsel and deed of them) ; he was of Arimathea, 
a city of the Jews, who also himself waited for 
the kingdom of God, being a disciple of Jesus, but 
secretly for fear of the Jews. This man went in 
boldly unto Pilate and begged, that he might take 
away the body of Jesus. Pilate marvelled if he 
were dead already ; and calling unto him the cen- 
turion, he asked him whether he had been any 
while dead. When he knew it of the centurion, 
Pilate commanded the body to be delivered to 
Joseph. He came therefore and took the body of 
Jesus. There came also Nicodemus, who at the 
first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mix- 



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ture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds. 
When Joseph had taken the body down, he 
wrapped it in a clean linen cloth (which he had 
bought) with the spices, as the manner of the 
Jews is to bury. Now in the place where he was 
crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a 
new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. 
There they laid Jesus therefore in his own (i. e., 
Joseph's) new tomb, which he had hewn out in a 
rock, because of the Jews' preparation day, for 
the sepulchre was nigh at hand, and he rolled a 
great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and de- 
parted. And the Sabbath drew on. 

The women also, who came with him from 
Galilee, followed after, and sitting over against 
the sepulchre, beheld the sepulchre, and how his 
body was laid. They returned and prepared 
spices and ointments, and rested the Sabbath day 
according to the commandment. 



CHAPTER XIII. 
Silent Saturday 



THE SEPULCHRE GUARDED. 

Matt. 27: 62-66. — Soldiers Placed at the Sepulchre — 
The Sepulchre Sealed. 

Now the next day that followed the day of 
preparation (i. e., the Sabbath, our Saturday), 
the chief priests and Pharisees came together 
unto Pilate, saying, " Sir, we remember that that 
deceiver said, while he was yet alive, ' After 
three days I will rise again/ Command there- 
fore that the sepulchre be made sure until the 
third day, lest his disciples come by night and 
steal him away, and say unto the people, ■ He is 
risen from the dead;' so the last error shall be 
worse than the first." Pilate said unto them, 
" Ye have a watch ; go your way, make it as sure 
as you can." 

So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, 
sealing the stone, and setting a watch. 



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CHAPTER XIV. 

THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST. 

Matt. 28: 1-15; Mark 16: 1-13; Luke 24: 1-43; 
John 20: 1-25. — The Resurrection — The Guard Return 
to the City — Mary — Announcement to Peter and John 
—The Lord Appears to Mary — Jesus and the two Dis- 
ciples on the Way to Emmaus — Jesus Appears to the 
Disciples. 

When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, 
and Mary the mother of James, and Salome 
brought sweet spices, that they might come and 
anoint him. 

In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn 
toward the first day of the week, very early in the 
morning, came Mary Magdalene and the other 
Mary, and certain others with them, to see the 
sepulchre, at the rising of the sun. And, be- 
hold, there was a great earthquake ; for the angel 
of God descended from heaven, and came and 
rolled back the stone from the door and sat upon 
it. His countenance was like lightning, and his 
raiment white as snow ; and for fear of him the 
keepers did shake and became as dead men. The 
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women said among themselves, " Who shall roll 
us away the stone from the door of the sepul- 
chre ?" When they looked, they saw that the 
stone was rolled away, for it was very great, and 
they entered in, and found not the body of the 
Lord Jesus. And it came to pass, as they were 
much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men 
stood by them in shining garments ; and as they 
were afraid and bowed their faces to the earth, 
they said unto them, " Why seek ye the living 
among the dead? He is not here, but is risen; 
remember how he spoke unto you when he was 
yet in Galilee, saying, ' The Son of man must be 
delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be 
crucified, and the third day rise again.' " And 
they remembered his words. " But go your way 
quickly, and tell his disciples and Peter, that he is 
risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before 
you into Galilee, there shall ye find him. ,, They 
went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre 
with fear and great joy, for they trembled and 
were amazed, and did run to bring his disciples 
word ; neither said they anything to any man, for 
they were afraid. 



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Now when they were going, behold, some of 
the watch came into the city, and showed unto the 
chief priests all the things that were done. And 
when they were assembled with the elders, and 
had taken counsel, they gave large money unto 
the soldiers, saying, " Say ye, his disciples came 
by night, and stole him away while we slept. 
And if this come to the governor's ears, we will 
persuade him, and secure you." So they took the 
money, and did as they were taught; and this 
saying is commonly reported among the Jews 
until this day. 

Then she (i. e., Mary Magdalene*) runneth 
and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other dis- 
ciple, whom Jesus loved, and said unto them, 
" They have taken away the Lord out of the 
sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid 
him." Peter therefore went forth and that other 
disciple, and came to the sepulchre. So they ran 
both together; and the other disciple did outrun 



*St. John 20 : i, 2, leaves the impression that Mary, as 
soon as she saw the open sepulchre, returned immediate- 
ly, without hearing the announcement by the angel. 



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Peter, and came first to the sepulchre, and he, 
stooping down and looking in, saw the linen 
clothes lying; yet went he not in. Then cometh 
Simon Peter following him, and went into the 
sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, and the 
napkin, that was about his head, not lying with 
the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place 
by itself. Then went in also that other disciple, 
which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw and 
believed. For as yet they knew not the Scrip- 
ture, that he must rise again from the dead. 
Then the disciples went away again unto their 
own home, wondering at that which was come to 
pass. 

But Mary (having followed Peter and John to 
the sepulchre) stood without at the sepulchre 
weeping ; and as she wept, she stooped down and 
looked into the sepulchre, and seeth two angels in 
white sitting, the one at the head, and the other 
at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. 
They say unto her, " Woman, why weepest 
thou ?" She said, " Because they have taken 
away my Lord, and I know not where they have 
laid him. ,, When she had thus said, she turned 



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herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew 
not that it was Jesus. Jesus saith unto her, 
" Woman, why weepest thou ? whom seekest 
thou?" She, supposing him to be the gardener, 
saith unto him, " Sir, if thou have borne him 
hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will 
take him away." Jesus said, " Mary." She 
turned herself and said, " Rabboni," which is to 
say, " Master." Jesus said, " Touch me not, for 
I am not yet ascended to my Father; but go to 
my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto 
my Father and your Father ; and to my God and 
your God." Mary Magdalene went and told the 
disciples that had been with him, as they mourned 
and wept, that she had seen the Lord, and that he 
had spoken these things unto her. And they, 
when they had heard that he was alive, and had 
been seen of her, believed not. 

After that he appeareth in another form unto 
two of them that same day, as they walked and 
went into the country, to a village called 
Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about three- 
score furlongs. And they talked together of 
all these things which had happened. It came to 



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pass, that, while they communed together and 
reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with 
them. But their eyes were holden that they 
should not know him. He said unto them, 
" What manner of communications are these that 
ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad ?" 
And the one of them, whose name was Cleophas, 
answering said, " Art thou only a stranger in 
Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which 
are come to pass there in these days ?" He said, 
u What things ?" And they said, " Concerning 
Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty 
in deed and word before God and all the people; 
and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered 
him to be condemned to death, and have crucified 
him. But we trusted that it had been he which 
should have redeemed Israel ; and beside all this, 
to-day is the third day since these things were 
done. Yea, and certain women also of our com- 
pany made us astonished, which were early at the 
sepulchre ; and when they found not his body, 
they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision 
of angels, which said that he was alive. And 
certain of them which were with us went to the 



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sepulchre, and found it so even as the women had 
said ; but him they saw not." 

Then he said unto them, " O fools, and slow of 
heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken ; 
ought not Christ to have suffered these things, 
and to enter into his glory?" And beginning at 
Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto 
them in all the Scriptures the things concerning 
himself. And they drew nigh unto the village, 
whither they went; and he made as though he 
would have gone farther. But they constrained 
him, saying, " Abide with us ; for it is toward 
evening, and the day is far spent." And he went 
in to tarry with them. It came to pass, as he sat 
at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, 
and brake, and gave to them. Their eyes were 
opened, and they knew him ; and he vanished out 
of their sight. And they said one to another, 
" Did not our heart burn within us, while he 
talked with us by the way, and while he opened to 
us the Scriptures?" They rose up the same hour, 
and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven 
gathered together, and them that were with them, 
saying, " The Lord is risen indeed, and hath ap- 



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peared to Simon." And they told what things 
were done in the way, and how he was known of 
them in breaking of bread. 

Then the same day, at evening, as they thus 
spoke, being the first day of the week, when the 
doors were shut where the disciples were as- 
sembled for fear of the Jews, Jesus himself came 
and stood in the midst of them, and saith unto 
them, " Peace be unto you." But they were 
terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they 
had seen a spirit. And he said unto them, " Why 
are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in 
your hearts ? Behold my hands and my feet, that 
it is I myself ; handle me and see, for a spirit hath 
not flesh and bones, as ye see me have." When 
he had thus spoken, he showed them his hands 
and his feet and his side. Then were the disciples 
glad when they saw the Lord. While they yet 
believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto 
them, " Have ye here any meat ?" They gave 
him a piece of broiled fish, and of a honey-comb. 
And he took it, and did eat before them. Then 
said Jesus to them again, " Peace be unto you ; as 
my Father hath sent me, even so send I you." 



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When he had said this, he breathed on them and 
said unto them, "Receive ye the Holy Ghost; 
whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto 
them; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are 
retained." 

But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didy- 
mus, was not with them when Jesus came; the 
other disciples therefore said unto him, " We 
have seen the Lord." But he said unto them, 
" Except I shall see in his hands the print of the 
nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not 
believe." 



CHAPTER XV. 



EVENTS SUBSEQUENT TO THE RESURRECTION. 

Matt. 28: 16-20; Mark 16: 14; John 20: 26 — 21: 24. — 
Jesus Appears again to the Disciples — Jesus in Galilee 
— Meets the Disciples at the Sea of Tiberias — " Lovest 
thou me ?" — Jesus seen by all the Apostles. 

After eight days again his disciples were with- 
in and Thomas with them. Then came Jesus, the 
doors being shut, and stood in the midst, as they 
sat at meat, and said, " Peace be unto you." And 
(Jesus) upbraided them with their unbelief and 
hardness of heart, because they believed not them 
which had seen him after he was risen. Then 
saith he to Thomas, " Reach hither thy finger, 
and behold my hands ; and reach hither thy hand 
and thrust it into my side, and be not faithless, 
but believing. ,, Thomas said unto him, " My 
Lord and my God." Jesus saith unto him, 
" Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast 
believed ; blessed are they that have not seen, and 
yet have believed." 

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Then the eleven disciples went into Galilee, into 
a mountain where Jesus had appointed them, and 
when they saw him, they worshiped him; but 
some doubted. Jesus came and spake unto them, 
saying, " All power is given unto me in heaven 
and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all 
nations (lit.: make disciples of all nations), bap- 
tizing them in the name of the Father, and of the 
Son, and of the Holy Ghost, teaching them to 
observe all things whatsoever I have commanded 
you : and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the 
end of the world. Amen." 

After these things Jesus showed himself again 
to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias (Galilee) ; 
and on this wise showed he himself. There were 
together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didy- 
mus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the 
sons of Zebedee, and two other of the disciples. 
Simon Peter saith unto them, " I go a fishing/' 
They say unto him, " We also go with thee." 
They went forth, and entered into a ship imme- 
diately ; and that night they caught nothing. But 
when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on 
the shore ; but the disciples knew not that it was 



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Jesus. Then Jesus saith unto them, " Children, 
have ye any meat?" They answered him, " No." 
He said unto them, " Cast the net on the right 
side of the ship, and ye shall find." They cast 
therefore, and now they were not able to draw it 
for the multitude of fishes. Therefore that dis- 
ciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, " It is 
the Lord." Now when Simon Peter heard that 
it was the Lord, he girt his fisher's coat unto him 
(for he was naked), and cast himself into the 
sea. And the other disciples came in a little ship 
(for they were not far from land, but as it were 
two hundred cubits), dragging the net with 
fishes. As soon then as they were come to land, 
they saw a fire of coals there and fish laid there- 
on, and bread. Jesus saith unto them, " Bring of 
the fish which ye have now caught." Simon 
Peter went up and drew the net to land full of 
great fishes, a hundred and fifty and three; and 
for all there were so many, yet was not the net 
broken. Jesus saith unto them, " Come and 
dine." None of the disciples durst ask him, 
" Who art thou?" knowing that it was the Lord. 
Jesus then cometh and taketh bread, and giveth 



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them, and fish likewise. This is now the third 
time that Jesus showed himself to his disciples, 
after that he was risen from the dead. 

So when he had dined, Jesus saith to Simon 
Peter, " Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me 
more than these ?" He saith unto him, " Yea, 
Lord ; thou knowest that I love thee." He saith 
to him, " Feed my lambs." He saith to him the 
second time, " Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou 
me?" He saith unto him, " Yea, Lord; thou 
knowest that I love thee." He saith unto him, 
" Feed my sheep." He saith unto him the third 
time, "Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me?" 
Peter was grieved because he said unto him the 
third time, " Lovest thou me ?" And he said 
unto him, " Lord, thou knowest all things ; thou 
knowest that I love thee." Jesus saith unto him, 
" Feed my sheep. Verily, verily, I say unto thee, 
when thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself 
and walkedst whither thou wouldest; but when 
thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy 
hands and another shall gird thee, and carry thee 
whither thou wouldest not." This spake he, 
signifying by what death he should glorify God. 



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When he had spoken this, he saith unto him, 
" Follow me." 

Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple 
whom Jesus loved following, who also leaned on 
his breast at supper and said, " Lord, which is he 
that betrayeth thee ?" Peter seeing him, saith to 
Jesus, " Lord, and what shall this man do ?" 
Jesus saith unto him, " If I will that he tarry till 
I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me." 
Then went this saying abroad among the breth- 
ren, that that disciple should not die; yet Jesus 
said not unto him, " He shall not die;" but, "If 
I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to 
thee?" This is the disciple which testifieth of 
these things, and wrote these things; and we 
know that his testimony is true. 

After that he was seen of above five hundred 
brethren at once. After that, he was seen of 
James ; then of all the apostles (i Cor. 14: 6, 7). 



CHAPTER XVI. 

Christ's ascension into heaven. 

Mark 16: 15-19; Luke 24: 44-53; John 20: 30, 31 — 
21: 25; Acts 1: 4-12. — Jesus Appears again to the Dis- 
ciples — Promises the Holy Ghost — Gives the Apostolic 
Charge — Ascends into Heaven — The Disciples return 
to Jerusalem — Conclusion of the Gospel Record. 

Being assembled together with them, Jesus 
commanded them that they should not depart 
from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the 
Father, "which," saith he, "ye have heard of me." 
And he said unto them, " These are the words 
which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, 
that all things must be fulfilled, which were writ- 
ten in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and 
in the psalms, concerning me." Then opened he 
their understanding, that they might understand 
the Scriptures, and said unto them, " Thus it is 
written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and 
to rise from the dead the third day ; and that re- 
pentance and remission of sins should be preached 
in his name among all nations, beginning at 
Jerusalem. Ye are witnesses of these things. 
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121 



And, behold, I send the promise of my Father 
upon you; but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, 
until ye be endued with the power from on high. 
For John truly baptized with water ; but ye shall 
be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days 
hence." 

When they, therefore, were come together, they 
asked him, " Lord, wilt thou at this time restore 
again the kingdom to Israel?" He said, "It is 
not for you to know the times or the seasons, 
which the Father hath put in his own power. 
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy 
Ghost is come upon you; and ye shall be wit- 
nesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all 
Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost 
part of the earth." 

He led them out as far as to Bethany, and said 
unto them, " Go ye into all the w r orld, and preach 
the Gospel to every creature. He that believeth 
and is baptized shall be saved; but he that be- 
lieveth not shall be damned. These signs shall 
follow them that believe ; in my name shall they 
cast out devils; they shall speak with new 
tongues ; they shall take up serpents ; and if they 



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drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; 
they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall 
recover." 

So then after the Lord had spoken these things 
unto them, he lifted up his hands and blessed 
them. And it came to pass, while he blessed 
them, he was parted from them, and, while they 
beheld, he was taken up and a cloud received him 
out of their sight; and he was received up into 
heaven and sat on the right hand of the Father. 

While they looked stedfastly toward heaven as 
he went up, behold, two men stood by them in 
white apparel, who said, " Ye men of Galilee, 
why stand ye gazing up into heaven ? This same 
Jesus, who is taken up from you into heaven, 
shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him 
go into heaven." 

The disciples worshiped him (that is, Jesus) 
and returned to Jerusalem, with great joy, from 
the Mount of Olives, which is from Jerusalem a 
Sabbath day's journey, and were continually in 
the temple, praising and blessing God. 

There are many other things which Jesus (said 
and) did in the presence of his disciples, which 



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123 



are not written in this book and which, if they 
should be written every one, I suppose that even 
the world itself could not contain the books that 
should be written; but these are written, that ye 
might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of 
God; and that believing ye might have life 
through his name. Amen. 



APPENDIX. 



PSALMS, HYMNS AND PRAYERS SUITABLE 
FOR THE SERVICES OF HOLY WEEK. 



!♦ palm SunDa^ 

PSALM 67. 

God be merciful unto us and bless us : and cause His 
face to shine upon us. 

That Thy way may be known upon earth : Thy saving 
health among all nations. 

Let the people praise Thee, O God: let all the people 
praise Thee. 

O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for Thou 
shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the 
nations upon earth. 

Let the people praise Thee, O God : let all the people 
praise Thee. 

Then shall the earth yield her increase : and God, 
even our God, shall bless us. 

God shall bless us : and all the ends of the earth shall 
fear him. 

125 



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HYMNS (Church Book). 



All glory, praise and honor 214 

Behold, the Prince of Peace 155 

Hail, Thou once despised Jesus 170 

Hark the glad sound the Saviour comes 123 

Hosanna to the Son 166 

In the Cross of Christ I glory 157 

Lord, Thy Death and Passion give 177 

O Thou who through this holy week 167 

Ride on, ride on in majesty 168 

The Saviour comes no outward pomp 169 

What shall I render to my God 15 

COLLECT. 



Almighty and Everlasting God, who hast sent Thy 
Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ, to take upon Him our 
flesh, and to suffer death upon the Cross, that all man- 
kind should follow the example of His great humility: 
Mercifully grant that we may both follow the example 
of His patience, and also be made partakers of His 
resurrection; through the same, Jesus Christ Our Lord, 
who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, 
ever one God, world without end. Amen. 

PRAYER. 

Almighty and Most Merciful God, our Heavenly 
Father, we render Thee most hearty thanks that Thou 
dost permit us to enter upon the holy season in which 



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the sufferings and death on the cross of Thy dear Son, 
our Lord and Saviour, are commemorated and declared 
to Thy Church on earth, for the perpetual consolation 
of Thy people. 

Holy Father, who, in Christ Jesus, didst reconcile the 
world unto Thyself, fill us with anxious desires to seek 
and find in Thy dear Son, our Redeemer, and in Him 
alone, that salvation which He only can bestow upon us. 
Grant, we beseech Thee, that we may live by His death. 
May we be crucified with Him that we may also live in 
Him and He in us. Grant that we, in following Him on 
His way to Calvary, may be enabled to realize more 
fully than ever before the inestimable benefits that have 
come to us through His bitter sufferings and cruel 
death. We thank Thee that we have redemption 
through His blood; do Thou cleanse us from all sin 
and grant us the gift of everlasting life. Open Thou 
our hearts that we may love Thee with the same ardent 
and constant love which Thou has manifested towards 
us in the gift of Thine only-begotten Son. Grant us 
grace, that our love towards Thee may never grow cold, 
and help us to remain Thine forever. Grant that in the 
humility of our Lord and Redeemer we may find a true 
example of humility for our own lives, and that we may 
be enabled to follow Him throughout life. 

O Lord Jesus Christ, who hast loved us even unto 
death, grant unto us devout hearts, that the remem- 
brance of Thy saving love and of Thy bitter suffering 



128 THE PASSION STORY. 



and death may be sanctified to us to the saving of our 
souls. We beseech Thee so to strengthen us by Thy 
grace, during this blessed season, that we may come to 
true repentance and the renewing of our minds; and 
that we may experience the rich comfort of true faith, 
of love unfeigned and of the assurance of everlasting 
life. 

Grant us, O God, Thy Holy Spirit, that He may lead 
us into all truth and abide with us forever. Infuse 
Thine own loving Spirit into our hearts and fit us by 
Thy grace for blessed communion with Thee on earth 
and for everlasting fellowship with Thee in heaven, 
through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, who liveth 
and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one 
God, world without end. Amen. 



2* Aonda^ 
PSALM 34. 

I will bless the Lord at all times: His praise shall 
continually be in my mouth. 

My soul shall make her boast in the Lord : the humble 
shall hear thereof, and be glad. 

magnify the Lord with me: and let us exalt His 
name together. 

1 sought the Lord, and he heard me : and delivered me 
from all my fears. 



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129 



They locked unto Him, and were lightened : and their 
faces were not ashamed. 

This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him : and 
saved him out of all his troubles. 

The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them 
that fear him : and delivereth them. 

O taste and see that the Lord is good : blessed is the 
man that trusteth in Him. 

O fear the Lord, ye His saints : for there is no want 
to them that fear Him. 

The young lions do lack and suffer hunger: but they 
that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing. 

Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you 
the fear of the Lord. 

What man is he that desireth life : and loveth many 
days, that he may see good ? 

Keep thy tongue from evil : and thy lips from speak- 
ing guile. 

Depart from evil, and do good: seek peace, and 
pursue it. 

The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous : and His 
ears are open unto their cry. 

The face of the Lord is against them that do evil : to 
cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 

The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth : and deliv- 
ereth them out of all their troubles. 

The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken 
heart : and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. 



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Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the 
Lord delivereth him out of them all. 

He keepeth all his bones : not one of them is broken. 

Evil shall slay the wicked : and they that hate the 
righteous shall be desolate. 

The Lord redeemeth the soul of His servants: and 
none of them that trust in Him shall be desolate. 



HYMNS. 

Arise, O King of grace, arise 42 

Before Jehovah's awful throne 1 

Come let us join our cheerful songs 164 

Great is the Lord our God 269 

Holy Jesus, in whose Name 26 

Jesus, lover of my soul 231 

Lord of the worlds above 43 

Open now thy gates of beauty 51 

O Thou who hast Thy servants taught 28 

Pleasant are Thy courts above 44 



COLLECT. 

Grant, we beseech Thee, Almighty God, that we, who 
amid so many adversities do fail through our infirmi- 
ties, may be restored through the Passion and Interces- 
sion of Thine only-begotten Son, who liveth and reign- 
eth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world 
without end. Amen. 



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131 



PRAYER. 

Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, we give Thee 
most humble and hearty thanks, that Thou hast given 
Thine only-begotten Son that He might bear our sins 
and make atonement for us on the cross; and we pray 
Thee give us grace to put our whole trust in Thy re- 
deeming love and grant that our faith in Thee may be 
strengthened, our souls comforted, and we be enabled to 
resist all the assaults of sin. We are weak and helpless; 
do Thou protect us, in our weakness, against the power 
and assaults of the evil one; and in all temptations keep 
us by Thy Holy Spirit and enable us to walk according 
to Thy Word, so that we, being guarded and defended 
by Thy mighty power, may never fall into the power of 
the adversary, but in the end be saved by Thy grace. 

Grant, we beseech Thee, that Thy Holy Temple may 
be to us the gateway into Heaven and that it may be 
sanctified to us by Thy presence. Grant that all our 
services may be acceptable in Thy sight, and that we 
may obtain the blessing which Thou hast promised to 
Thy people who worship and serve Thee in spirit and 
in truth. Grant, we beseech Thee, Almighty God, that 
our worship may be in spirit and in truth ; that we may 
never, in any way or manner, depart from Thy truth ; 
and that in our worship and in all our services we may 
be in full accord with that truth which Thou hast re- 
vealed to us. Enable us, by Thy grace, to worship and 
serve Thee, the only true God, with our whole hearts 



132 THE PASSION STORY. 



and to render the praise and glory due Thee for all Thy 
manifold blessings and mercies shown to us in the gift 
of Thine only Son, our Lord and Saviour. Add thy 
blessing to our service at this time, and grant that we 
may be acceptable in Thy sight. Go with us throughout 
our lives, guide us by Thy good and gracious Spirit, 
forgive us all our sins, and finally own and save us, 
through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, who liveth and 
reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, 
world without end. Amen. 



3* {Tuesday 
PSALM 2. 

Why do the heathen rage: and the people imagine a 
vain thing? 

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers 
take counsel together: against the Lord, and against 
His anointed, saying, 

Let us break their bands asunder: and cast away 
their cords from us. 

He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord 
shall have them in derision. 

Then shall He speak unto them in His wrath: and 
vex them in His sore displeasure. 

Yet have I set my King : upon my holy hill of Zion. 

I will declare the decree : the Lord hath said unto me, 
Thou art my Son ; this day have I begotten Thee. 



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133 



Ask of me, and I shall give the heathen for thine in- 
heritance: and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy 
possession. 

Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron : Thou shalt 
dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. 

Be wise now therefore, O ye kings : be instructed, ye 
judges of the earth. 

Serve the Lord with fear: and rejoice with trembling. 

Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and ye perish from 
the way, when His wrath is kindled but a little : blessed 



are all they that put their trust in Him. 

HYMNS. 

A Mighty Fortress is our God 274 

Father, how wide Thy glory shines! 101 

Father of mercies, in Thy Word 310 

Feeble, helpless, how shall 1 156 

Give to our God immortal praise! 100 

How helpless guilty nature lies 95 

How shall the young secure their hearts 312 

In vain would boasting reason find 97 

Lord, should we leave Thy hallowed feet 227 

O for a thousand tongues to sing 217 

One there is above all others 220 

Rock of Ages, cleft for me 367 

COLLECT. 



Almighty and Everlasting God, grant us grace so to 
pass through this holy time of our Lord's Passion, that 



134 THE PASSION STORY. 



we may obtain the pardon of our sins; through the 
same, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee and 
the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. 
Amen. 

PRAYER. 

Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, we thank Thee 
that Thou has graciously revealed Thyself to us in Thy 
Word and that Thou has given Thine only Son unto 
death in order that we through Him might have life. 
We pray Thee, grant us the help of Thy Holy Spirit, 
that we may be enabled always so firmly to hold fast to 
Him and so faithfully to love and serve Thee through 
Him, that we may never choose the world and sin, and 
so deny the Lord who bought us with His precious 
blood; grant that the truth of Thy holy and blessed 
Word may sink deeply into our hearts, and that it may 
bring forth, in our lives, the fruits of righteousness, 
holiness and godliness. Mercifully grant unto us such 
a measure of Thy grace, that we, going the way of Thy 
commandments, may obtain Thy gracious promises and 
be made partakers of Thy heavenly peace and blessed- 
ness. Evermore defend us against those who would 
subvert the truth of Thy Holy Word and set up human 
reason against Thy Divine Revelation. Grant us, O 
Lord, we beseech Thee, Thy Holy Spirit, that we may 
think and do always such things as are right; that we, 
who cannot do anything that is good without Thee, may 
by Thee be enabled to live according to Thy will, as 



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revealed in Thy Word Graft in our hearts the love of 
Thy name, increase in us true religion, nourish us with 
all goodness, and of Thy great mercy keep us in the 
same, that we may evermore serve Thee as becomes Thy 
people. Do Thou keep us steadfast in Thy grace and 
truth, protect and comfort us in all temptations, defend 
us against all the enemies of Thy Word and bestow 
upon Thy Church Thy saving peace. Grant, Heavenly 
Father, that we may in such manner hear Thy Word, 
read, mark and learn it, that by patience and comfort of 
Thy truth, we may embrace and ever hold fast the 
blessed hope of everlasting life, which Thou hast given 
us in our blessed Lord, Jesus Christ. 

Grant, also, we beseech Thee, Almighty God, unto 
Thy Church, Thy Holy Spirit, and the wisdom which 
cometh down from above, that Thy Word, as becometh 
it, may not be bound, but have free course and be 
preached to the joy and edifying of Christ's holy people, 
that in steadfast faith we may serve Thee, and in the 
confession of Thy Name abide unto the end, through 
Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, who with Thee and the 
Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth, ever one God, world 
without end. Amen. 



136 THE PASSION STORY. 



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PSALM 56. 

Be merciful unto me, God ; for man would swallow 
me up : he fighting daily oppresseth me. 

Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they 
be many that fight against me, O Thou Most High. 

What time I am afraid: I will trust in Thee. 

In God, I will praise His Word; in God, I have put 
my trust : I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. 

Every day they wrest my words : all their thoughts 
are against me for evil. 

They gather themselves together, they hide them- 
selves : they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul. 

Shall they escape by iniquity?: in Thine anger cast 
down the people, O God. 

Thou tellest my wanderings; put Thou my tears in 
Thy bottle : are they not in Thy book ? 

When I cry unto Thee, then shall mine enemies turn 
back : this I know ; for God is with me. 

In God, will I praise His Word: in the Lord will I 
praise His Word. 

In God have I put my trust : I will not be afraid what 
man can do unto me. 

Thy vows are upon me, O God : I will render praises 
unto Thee. 

For Thou hast delivered my soul from death, wilt not 



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137 



Thou deliver my feet from falling: that I may walk 
before God in the light of the living? 



HYMNS. 

Beset with snares on every hand 450 

Father, though I have sinned 369 

God of mercy, God of grace 351 

Holy and reverend is the Name 69 

Holy Jesus, Saviour blest 229 

I will leave my Jesus never 448 

Jesus, and shall it ever be 445 

Jesus, I my cross have taken 444 

Jesus, Refuge of the weary 161 

Jesus! the very thought of Thee 224 

Show pity, Lord; O Lord! forgive 355 

Son of God to Thee I cry 232 

COLLECT. 



Grant, we beseech Thee, Almighty God, that we, who 
for our evil deeds are continually afflicted, may merci- 
fully be relieved by the Passion of Thine only-begotten 
Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy 
Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. 

PRAYER. 

Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, we render Thee 
most humble and hearty thanks, that Thou didst freely 
give Thine only-begotten and well-beloved Son as a 
ransom for the sin of the world. We pray Thee 



138 THE PASSION STORY. 



that Thou wouldst guide us by Thy Holy Spirit, so to 
love and trust in Him, that we may not prefer this evil 
world, with all its sinful ways and worldly pleasures, 
as to reject Thy dear Son, our Redeemer, and the grace 
and mercy which He has acquired for us by His bitter 
suffering and cruel death. 

Grant, we beseech Thee, Heavenly Father, that Thy 
Church, which Thou hast established and preserved 
hitherto, may be guarded and defended against the 
assaults of the wicked one and the treachery of all its 
enemies. Bring to naught, by Thine almighty power 
and unsearchable wisdom, all the counsels of those who 
hate Thy Word and Thy Church and who, by corrupt 
teaching, or with violent hands, would destroy it, and 
enlighten them with the knowledge of Thy glory, that 
we may, by a pure faith, learn the riches of Thy grace, 
and in holiness and righteousness serve thee, the only 
true God. Help us so to use the ordinances of Thy 
Church, that we may be enabled to manifest our faith 
and trust in Thee, and may prove true and faithful dis- 
ciples of the Lord Jesus Christ. Forbid, O God, that we 
should ever prove to be enemies of Thine and of Thy 
kingdom of grace ; or by word or deed betray the Lord 
who bought us with His precious blood. Grant us, we 
beseech Thee, an abundant measure of Thy grace, so 
that we may remain steadfast in the faith, and love and 
serve Thee all the days of our lives here on earth; and 
that, at last, when this life is ended, we may be received 



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139 



into Thine eternal kingdom as Thy dear children and 
heirs of eternal life, through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, 
our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the 
Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen, 



Make haste, O God, to deliver me : make haste to help 
me, O Lord. 

Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after 
my soul : let them be turned backward, and put to con- 
fusion, that desire my hurt. 

Let them be turned back for a reward of their 
shame : that say, Aha, Aha ! 

Let all those that seek Thee rejoice and be glad in 
Thee : and let such as love Thy salvation say continually, 
Let God be magnified. 

But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, 
God. 

Thou art my help and my Deliverer: O Lord, make 
no tarrying. 



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PSALM 70. 



HYMNS. 



According to Thy gracious Word 
Behold, where in a mortal form.. 
Bread of heaven, on Thee we feed 
Go to dark Gethsemane 



I5i 
340 
173 



328 



140 THE PASSION STORY. 



Jesus invites His Saints 329 

Leave me not comfortless 237 

Lord, and whither shall we go? 226 

Lo, upon the altar lies 337 

Love divine, all love excelling 31 

My dear Redeemer and my Lord 150 

My faith looks up to Thee 435 

O God unseen, yet ever near 331 

O living bread from heaven 341 

Saviour, when in dust to Thee 172 

Suffering Son of man, be near me 171 

Teach me, my God and King 383 

Thou art the Way: to Thee alone 228 

Wilt Thou not, my Shepherd true 230 

COLLECT. 



O Lord God, who hast left unto us in a wonderful 
Sacrament a memorial of Thy Passion : Grant, we be- 
seech Thee, that we may so use this Sacrament of Thy 
Body and Blood, that the fruits of Thy redemption may 
continually be manifest in us; Thou, who livest and 
reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, ever one 
God, world without end. Amen. 

PRAYER. 

Merciful God, our Heavenly Father, we humbly and 
devoutly thank Thee for Thy goodness and tender 
mercy, which Thou hast manifested towards us in the 
redemption effected for us through Jesus Christ, Thy 



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141 



Son, our Redeemer, by patiently bearing the shameful 
persecution of His enemies, when, with cruel scorn,' 
they mocked and spitefully entreated Him, crowning 
Him with thorns and nailing Him to the cruel tree: 
Grant us grace that we too may in all our temptations 
and trials possess our souls in patience, endure the 
malice of the wicked, and return blessing for cursing. 
Grant, we beseech Thee, that we may, with true faith 
and sincere devotion, deny ourselves, take up every 
cross Thou mayest cause us to bear, and faithfully 
follow the example of our blessed Lord in all manner of 
affliction and sorrow. Grant, also, that we may faith- 
fully use the ordinances of Thy Church and receive 
from Thee the blessings which Thou hast promised. 
Enable us faithfully and devoutly to receive the Holy 
Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ, and receive 
through it the forgiveness of our sins, life and salva- 
tion, according to Thy gracious promise. Hear us, O 
God, in these our petitions, through Jesus Christ, Thy 
Son, our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with Thee and 
the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. 
Amen, 



142 THE PASSION STORY. 



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PSALM 69. 

Save me, O God: for the waters are come into my 
soul. 

I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am 
come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. 

I am weary of my crying; my throat is dried: mine 
eyes fail while I wait for my God. 

They that hate me without a cause are more than 
the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, 
being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. 

I am become a stranger unto my brethren: and an 
alien unto my mother's children. 

For the zeal of Thine house hath eaten me up : and 
the reproaches of them that reproached Thee are fallen 
upon me. 

When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting: 
that was to my reproach. 

I made sackcloth also my garment: and I became a 
proverb to them. 

They that sit in the gate speak against me : and I was 
the song of the drunkards. 

But as for me, my prayer is unto Thee, O Lord, in an 
acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of Thy mercy 
hear me, in the truth of Thy salvation. 

Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: Let 
me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the 
deep waters. 



APPEXDIX. 



143 



Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the 
deep swallow me up : and let not the pit shut her mouth 
upon me. 

Hear me, O Lord; for Thy lovingkindness is good: 
turn unto me according to the multitude of Thy tender 
mercies. 

And hide not Thy face from Thy servant ; for I am in 
trouble: hear me speedily. 

Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it : deliver me 
because of mine enemies. 

Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my 
dishonor : mine adversaries are all before Thee. 

Reproach hath broken my heart : and I am full of 
heaviness. 

And I looked for some to take pity, but there was 
none : and for comforters, but I found none. 

They gave me also gall for my meat: and in my 
thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. 

Pour out Thine indignation upon them : and let Thy 
wrathful anger take hold upon them. 

Let their habitation be desolate : and let none dwell in 
their tents. 

For they persecute him whom Thou hast smitten : 
and they talk to the grief of those whom Thou hast 
wounded. 

Add iniquity unto their iniquity : and let them not 
come into Thy righteousness. 



144 



THE PASSION STORY. 



Let them be blotted out of the book of the living : and 
not be written with the righteous. 

But I am poor and sorrowful : let Thy salvation, O 
God, set me up on high. 

I will praise the Name of God with a song: and will 
magnify Him with thanksgiving. 

This also shall please the Lord: better than an ox or 
bullock that hath horns and hoofs. 

The humble shall see this and be glad: and your heart 
shall live that seek God. 

For the Lord heareth the poor : and despiseth not His 
prisoners. 

Let the heaven and earth praise Him: the seas, and 
everything that moveth therein. 

For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of 
Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in pos- 
session. 

The seed also of His servants shall inherit it: and 
they that love His Name shall dwell therein. 



HYMNS. 



Behold the amazing sight , 

Behold the Saviour of mankind 

Christ the Life of all the living , 

Dust and ashes, sin and guilt , 

He who once, in righteous vengeance 

His trial o'er and now beneath 

In vain we seek for peace with God. . 



180 
179 
178 
160 
162 
174 
98 



APPENDIX. 145 



Jesus, Name all names above 235 

Lord, we confess our numerous faults 99 

Not all the blood of beasts 158 

Now my soul, thy voice upraising 175 

O Sacred Head, now wounded 176 

Stricken, smitten, and afflicted 182 

Sweet the moments, rich in blessing 609 

There is a fountain filled with blood 159 

Thee, Jesus, suffering, crucified 608 

The Royal Standard forward goes 606 

Weary sinner, keep thine eyes 184 

We sing the praise of Him who died 607 

COLLECTS. 



Almighty God, we beseech Thee graciously to behold 
Thy family, for which our Lord Jesus Christ was con- 
tented to be betrayed, and given up into the hands of 
wicked men, and to suffer death upon the cross : who 
now liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, 
ever one God, world without end. Amen. 

Merciful and Everlasting God, who hast not spared 
Thine only Son, .but delivered Him up for us all, that 
He might bear our sins upon the cross : Grant that our 
hearts may be so fixed with steadfast faith in Him that 
we may not fear the power of any adversaries ; through 
the same, Thy Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 

Almighty and Everlasting God, who hast willed that 
Thy Son should bear for us the pains of the cross, that 



146 THE PASSION STORY. 



Thou mightest remove from us the power of the adver- 
sary: Help us so to remember and give thanks for our 
Lord's Passion that we may obtain remission of sin and 
redemption from everlasting death; through the same, 
our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 

PRAYER. 

Almighty and Everlasting God, our Heaveuly Father, 
who of Thy great mercy to a sinful world didst not 
spare Thine only-begotten Son, but didst deliver Him 
up for us all, that through Him we might be restored 
to everlasting life and happiness; we give Thee most 
hearty thanks for this Thy marvellous grace, in that 
Thou hast caused Him, who knew no sin, to be made 
sin for us, that we might be made the righteousness of 
God in Him. 

Merciful Father, we give Thee continual thanks and 
praise, through our Lord Jesus Christ, that for our 
eternal benefit He endured unspeakable sufferings and 
was obedient unto death,, even the death of the cross: 
Now, O Lord, grant unto us poor sinners Thy heavenly 
grace, that we may at all times be willing to acknowledge 
our great guilt that brought upon Him such cruel 
suffering and such a bitter death as He endured in our 
behalf. Grant us, we beseech Thee, Thy gracious help, 
that by the power of His death, we may overcome sin 
in us and live wholly unto Thee. Have mercy upon us 
and save us, that not any of us may perish, but that all 



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147 



of us may live in Thee and with Thee forever. Give 
us, we pray Thee, Thy Holy Spirit, that He may en- 
lighten us with divine gifts and lead us in the way of 
life. Grant especially, we beseech Thee, that we may 
with truly contrite hearts daily and earnestly contem- 
plate the sufferings and death of cur Lord Jesus Christ, 
by a living faith take our refuge in His wounds, and 
through the merits of the same become partakers of 
everlasting life. Do Thou help us more and more to 
put our trust in Thee and give us that peace and blessed- 
ness which Thou hast promised to Thy faithful people 
and which passeth all understanding,, through the ever- 
abiding presence of Thy good and gracious Spirit, 
through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, who with 
Thee and the Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth, ever one 
God, world without end. Amen. 

Or the Litany may be used. See Church Book, pages 
132-135. 



7. Silent SaturDa^— Easter JEve. 

PSALM 16. 

Preserve me, O God : for in Thee do I put my trust. 

O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art my 
Lord : my goodness extendeth not to Thee ; 

But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the ex- 
cellent : in whom is all my delight. 



148 



THE PASSION STORY. 



Their sorrows shall be multiplied: that hasten after 
another god. 

Their drink offerings of blood will I not offer: nor 
take up their names into my lips. 

The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of 
my cup : Thou maintainest my lot. 

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places : yea, I 
have a goodly heritage. 

I will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel : my 
reins also instruct me in the night-seasons. 

I have set the Lord always before me : because He is 
at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 

Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: 
my flesh also shall rest in hope. 

For Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell : neither wilt 
Thou suffer Thine Holy One to see corruption. 

Thou wilt show me the path of life: in Thy presence 
is fulness of joy; at Thy right hand there are pleasures 
for evermore. 



HYMNS. 



Alas! and did my Saviour bleed.. 
All is o'er, the pain, the sorrow.. 

Jesus, my great High Priest 

Jesus, Thou art my Righteousness. 

Jesus, Thy soul, for ever blest 

Just as I am, without one plea 

Lord Jesus, who, our souls to save 



181 

185 



210 



370 
187 
366 
188 



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149 



Lord teach us how to pray aright 
Rest of the weary, Thou 



27 
186 



COLLECT. 



O God, who didst enlighten this most holy night with 
the glory of the Lord's Resurrection: Preserve in all 
Thy people the spirit of adoption which Thou hast given, 
so that renewed in body and soul they may perform unto 
Thee a pure service; through the same, our Lord Jesus 
Christ, who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy 
Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. 



Almighty God, our Gracious Heavenly Father, who 
didst not spare Thine only-begotten and well-beloved 
Sen, our Lord, but didst deliver Him up for us all, that 
He might bear our sins upon the cross, and didst deliver 
Him even unto death and the grave in order that we 
might be saved from eternal death and from the horrors 
of the grave, we thank Thee most devoutly for this 
manifestation of Thy goodness and love and for all the 
blessings that continually come to us through this Thy 
grace. We sorrow, as the disciples of old, that it was 
made necessary on account of our sins, for Thy Son, 
our Lord, to suffer the bitter death on the cross and to 
go down into the grave, the death-house of sin, for us ; 
but we also thank Thee, our Heavenly Father, that by 
His death and burial, Thou hast made it possible for us 



PRAYER. 



150 THE PASSION STORY. 



to be freed from death and delivered from the terrors 
of the grave, and through Jesus Christ, our Lord and 
Redeemer, hast promised to bestow upon us everlasting 
life. 

Grant us, we beseech Thee, that we may be enabled 
duly to appreciate the blessed results of the suffering 
and death of our Lord and Saviour; grant that our 
hearts may be so fixed with steadfast faith in Him that 
we may not fear the power of any adversaries, but find 
our strength and safety, our peace and blessedness, for 
time and eternity, in Thee our God and Father, through 
Him who is the author and finisher of our faith. We 
pray Thee that Thou wouldest make all Thy people to 
realize the manifestation of Thine inestimable love in 
the redemption of the world by our Lord and Saviour 
Jesus Christ; and we beseech Thee give us all that due 
sense of all Thy mercies that our hearts may be truly 
thankful for the same, and that we may show forth Thy 
praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives; that, 
walking before Thee in holiness and righteousness all 
our days, we may enjoy the testimony of a good con- 
science and the hope of Thy favor, be sustained and 
comforted under the troubles of this life and finally be 
received into Thine eternal kingdom, through Thine 
infinite mercy in Jesus Christ, Thine only-begotten Son, 
our Lord. 

Hear us, O God, in these our petitions, which we offer 
up unto Thee in the name of Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our 



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151 



Lord, to whom, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, be all 
honor and praise, world without end. Amen. 



8. Easter SunfcaE* 

PSALM 118. 

give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good : because 
His mercy endureth for ever. 

Let Israel now say : that His mercy endureth for ever. 

Let the house of Aaron now say: that His mercy 
endureth for ever. 

Let them now that fear the Lord say : that His mercy 
endureth for ever. 

1 called upon the Lord in distress : the Lord answered 
me, and set me in a large place. 

The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can 
man do unto me? 

The Lord taketh my part with them that help me: 
therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me. 

It is better to trust in the Lord : than to put confidence 
in man. 

It is better to trust in the Lord : than to put confidence 
in princes. 

All nations compassed me about: but in the Name of 
the Lord will I destroy them. 

They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me 
about: but in the Name of the Lord I will destroy 
them. 



152 THE PASSION STORY. 



They compassed me about like bees ; they are quenched 
as the fire of thorns: for in the Name of the Lord I 
will destroy them. 

Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall : but the 
Lord helped me. 

The Lord is my strength and song : and is become my 
salvation. 

The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the taber- 
nacle of the righteous : the right hand of the Lord doeth 
valiantly. 

The right hand of the Lord is exalted : the right hand 
of the Lord doeth valiantly. 

I shall not die, but live : and declare the works of the 
Lord. 

The Lord hath chastened me sore: but He hath not 
given me over unto death. 

Open to me the gates of righteousness : I will go into 
them, and I will praise the Lord. 

This gate of the Lord : into which the righteous shall 
enter. 

I will praise Thee, for Thou hast heard me: and art 
become my salvation. 

The stone which the builders rejected: is become the 
head stone of the corner. 

This is the Lord's doing : it is marvellous in our eyes. 

This is the day which the Lord hath made: we will 
rejoice and be glad in it. 



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153 



Save now, I beseech Thee, O Lord : O Lord, I beseech 
Thee, send now prosperity. 

Blessed be He that cometh in the Name of the Lord: 
we have blessed you out of the house of the Lord. 

God is the Lord, which hath showed us light: bind the 
sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar. 

Thou art my God, and I will praise Thee : Thou art 
my God, I will exalt Thee. 

O give thanks unto the Lord; for He is good: for His 
mercy endureth for ever. 



Almighty God, who, through Thine only-begotten 
Son, Jesus Christ, hast overcome death, and opened unto 
us the gate of everlasting life : We humbly beseech 



HYMNS. 



Alleluia ! Alleluia ! 

Christ the Lord is risen again 

Christ the Lord is risen to-day 

Come, ye faithful, raise the strain.. 
He dies, the Friend of sinners dies.. 

I know that my Redeemer lives ! 

The day of Resurrection 

The happy morn is come 

The strife is o'er, the battle done!.. 
Welcome, Thou Victor in the strife 
Who is this that comes from Edom 



611 

612 
192 

194 
190 
209 

193 
610 

613 
197 
191 



COLLECTS. 



154 THE PASSION STORY. 



Thee, that, as Thou dost put into our minds good 
desires, so by Thy continual help we may bring the same 
to good effect; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who 
liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever 
one God, world without end. Amen. 

Grant, we beseech Thee, Almighty God, that we who 
celebrate Thy Paschal Feast, kindled with heavenly 
desires, may ever thirst for the Fountain of Life, Jesus 
Christ, Thy Son, our Lord. Amen. 

Grant, we beseech Thee, Almighty God, that we who 
celebrate the solemnities of the Lord's Resurrection, 
may by the renewal of Thy Holy Spirit rise again from 
the death of the soul; through the same, Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

PRAYER. 

Almighty God, Heavenly Father, who hast permitted 
us to assemble in Thy house to celebrate the triumphant 
victory of the Resurrection of Thy dear Son, our Lord 
and Saviour, we most humbly and devoutly thank Thee 
for this privilege, and we bring unto Thee our most 
joyous praise and most exalted adoration. Glory and 
honor be unto Thee, O Lord, our God, who art, and 
wast, and shalt be from everlasting to everlasting. 
Adoration and praise be unto Thee, the Father of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, who hast made this day for us a day 
of victory and triumph, that we might rejoice and be 



APPEXDIX. 



155 



glad in it. We praise and magnify Thy holy name, 
that Thy beloved Son was manifested in the flesh, that 
He might take away sin by the willing sacrifice of 
Himself on the cross, bring life and immortality to 
light, and open the kingdom of heaven to all who believe 
in His name. Adoration and praise be unto Thee, who 
art so wonderful in counsel and excellent in working; 
Thou hast not left His soul in hell, neither suffered Thy 
Holy One to see corruption; Thou hast loosed for Him 
the pains of death and caused Him to rise triumphant 
from the grave; for all of which we devoutly thank 
Thee and bring unto Thee our adoration and praise. 

Forgive, we beseech Thee, most merciful God, the sins 
and transgressions by which we have made ourselves 
unworthy of this Thy unspeakable condescension and 
mercy. Enlighten the eyes of our understanding, that 
we may know Thee the only true and living God and 
Thy beloved Son, our Lord and Redeemer ; enable us to 
rejoice in the hope of our calling and help our infirmities 
that we may rejoice with our whole heart in the glorious 
Gospel of His resurrection; quicken us together with 
Him, that we may both rejoice in the victory gained 
for us over sin, death and the power of hell, and be 
enabled to walk in newness of life; that we may indeed 
be dead unto sin, but alive unto Thee, be made pure by 
the blood of Christ, even as Thou art pure, and seek 
those things which are above, where Christ sitteth at 
Thy right hand of power and majesty. Amidst the 



156 THE PASSION STORY. 



temptations, trials and discouragements of this life, 
keep us steadfast and immovable in the faith, always 
abounding in love and good works, and evermore striv- 
ing to glorify Thy name among men. Grant, Heavenly 
Father, that the Gospel of the Resurrection of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, may fill our hearts and minds with peace 
and comfort, with the assurance of the removal of the 
sting of death and of the victory over the grave, and 
with the hope of everlasting life in Thine eternal king- 
dom of glory. And unto Thee, the Triune God, 
Father, Son and Holy Ghost, who art able to keep 
us from falling and to present us blameless before Thy 
presence, unto Thee the only God, be glory and majesty, 
dominion and power, both now and ever, through Jesus 
Christ, our Lord. Amen. 



9. jffrst Sunday after Easter* 

PSALM 4. 

Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: 
Thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress. 

Have mercy upon me : and hear my prayer. 

O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory 
into shame : how long will ye love vanity, and seek 
after leasing? 

But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is 
godly for Himself : The Lord will hear when I call unto 
Hirn. 



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157 



Stand in awe, and sin not : commune with your own 
heart upon your bed, and be still. 

Offer the sacrifices of righteousness : and put your 
trust in the Lord. 

There be many that say, Who shall show us any 
good? : Lord, lift Thou up the light of Thy countenance 
upon us. 

Thou hast put gladness in my heart : more than in the 
time that their corn and wine increased. 

I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep : for Thou, 



Lord, only makest me dwell in safety. 

HYMNS. 

Father of Jesus Christ, my Lord 198 

How sweet the name of Jesus sounds 221 

Jesus Christ, my sure defense 195 

Jesus lives! no longer now 196 

Jesus, Name of wondrous love 223 

Jesus, Thy love unbounded 618 

O Christ, our Hope, our hearts desire 202 

O Jesus, King most wonderful 225 

O that I had an angel's tongue 103 

To the Name of our salvation 213 

COLLECT. 



Grant, we beseech Thee, Almighty God, that we who 
have celebrated the solemnities of the Lord's Resurrec- 
tion, may, by the help of Thy grace, bring forth the 



158 THE PASSION STORY. 



fruits thereof in our life and conversation; through the 
same, Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, who liveth and 
reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, 
world without end. Amen. 



to. Bscension Da£* 

PSALM 24. 

The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof: the 
world, and they that dwell therein. 

For He hath founded it upon the seas : and established 
it upon the floods. 

Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord?: or who 
shall stand in His holy place? 

He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart : who hath 
not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. 

He shall receive the blessing from the Lord: and 
righteousness from the God of his salvation. 

This is the generation of them that seek Him: that 
seek thy face, O Jacob. 

Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; and be ye lifted up, ye 
everlasting doors : and the King of glory shall come in. 

Who is this King of glory?: The Lord strong and 
mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. 

Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; even lift them up, ye 
everlasting doors : and the King of glory shall come in. 

Who is this King of glory?: The Lord of hosts, He 
is the King of glory. 



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HYMNS. 

A hymn of glory let us sing 201 

All hail the power of Jesus' Name 215 

Arise, my soul, arise 211 

Conquering Prince and Lord of glory 208 

Hail the day that sees Him rise 200 

Hark! ten thousand harps and voices 206 

Jesus! Brightness of the Father 93 

Jesus! exalted far on high 154 

Our Lord is risen from the dead 199 

O Thou, who thus exalted art 204 

Rejoice the Lord is King 207 

See, the Conqueror mounts in triumph 614 

The Head that once was crowned with thorns 205 

Thou art gone up on high 615 

COLLECTS. 



Grant, we beseech Thee, Almighty God, that like as 
we do believe Thy only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus 
Christ, to have ascended into the heavens ; so may we 
also in heart and mind thither ascend, and with Him 
continually dwell ; who liveth and reigneth with Thee 
and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. 
Amen. 

O King of Glory, Lord of Hosts, who didst this day 
ascend in triumph far above all Heavens : We beseech 
Thee, leave us not comfortless, but send to us the Spirit 
of Truth, promised of the Father; O Thou, who, with 



160 THE PASSION STORY. 



the Father and the Holy Ghost, livest and reignest ever 
one God, world without end. Amen. 

PRAYER. 

Almighty God, Heavenly Father, we thank Thee, in 
the Name of Thy dear Son, our blessed Redeemer, for 
this day and the glorious event we celebrate. We thank 
Thee that Thou has favored us with Thy most gracious 
manifestation of love and mercy in the redemption of 
the world through our Lord Jesus Christ. 

O Lord Jesus Christ, Thou eternal Son of God, 
Saviour of the world, the King of heaven and earth, the 
mighty Conqueror of all our enemies, we thank Thee 
for all that Thou hast accomplished for us in the work 
of redemption, that Thou didst arise in triumph from 
the dead and hast gloriously ascended into heaven, 
leading captivity captive, and giving gifts unto men, 
having spoiled principalities and powers, triumphing 
over them. All power is given unto Thee in heaven and 
on earth. Thou art seated at the right hand of the ever- 
lasting Father, and art exalted above every name that 
is named, not only in this world, but also in that which 
is to come. All things are put under Thy feet, and 
Thou art the Head over all things to the Church. For 
this Thy glorious and triumphant victory over sin, death 
and hell, we render Thee most hearty thanks ; we praise 
and worship Thee, and we humbly beseech Thee, our 
eternal High Priest, to intercede for us poor sinners 
with the Father, that we, being delivered from all guilt 



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and iniquity through the merits of Thy suffering and 
death, may be accepted, for Thy sake, as the redeemed 
of the Lord. 

We beseech Thee, Heavenly Father, give unto us, Thy 
children, Thy Holy Spirit, the Spirit of truth and com- 
fort, to teach, guide, comfort and strengthen us, that we 
may evermore hold fast Thy saving Word, and not be 
carried about with every wind of doctrine by the sleight 
of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in 
wait to deceive. We most heartily pray Thee to protect 
with Thine almighty power Thy people whom Thou 
hast redeemed with the blood of Thy Son, as Thy 
heritage, from Satan and all enemies. Leave us not 
comfortless, but abide with us even unto the end of the 
world, and graciously continue unto us Thy Word and 
the right use of Thy holy and blessed Sacraments ; send 
forth faithful laborers to preach Thy Word with 
power and faithfully administer the Sacraments, to the 
end that sinners may be converted unto Thee, and many 
souls be gathered into Thine everlasting kingdom. 
Help us to wait patiently and in true faith for the 
second coming of Thy Son, our Lord, to judge the 
world and to receive unto Thyself into Thine eternal 
kingdom, those whom He has redeemed by His precious 
blood. Hear us, O God, preserve us in true faith and 
at last own and save us through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, 
our Lord, who, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, liveth 
and reigneth, ever one God, world without end. Amen. 



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